TABLE 3.
Biochemical properties of Aeromonas species isolated from Lake Erie
| Species | No. of isolates | No. (%) of isolates with physiologic profilea |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O+ T+ I+ | O+ T+ I− | O+ T− I− | O− T+ I+ | O− T+ I− | ||
| A. allosaccharophila | 2 | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| A. bestiarum | 2 | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| A. hydrophila | 26 | 6 (23.1) | 19 (73.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.8) |
| A. jandaei | 2 | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| A. sobria | 4 | 3 (75.0) | 1 (25.0.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| A. veronii | 83 | 67 (80.7) | 5 (6.0) | 10 (12.0) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0) |
| Total | 119 | 81 (68.1) | 26 (21.8) | 10 (8.4) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (0.8) |
a
O, cytochrome oxidase activity; T, trehalose fermentation; I, indole production.