Table 3.
Occurrence of Aeromonas among presumptive Aeromonas isolated in Seine estuary.
| Water | Fluid mud | Copepods | WWTP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presumptive Aeromonas abundancea | ||||||||
| (CFU.100 mL-1 or CFU.g-1) | 6.5 ± 5.3 × 102 | 4.0 ± 5.0 × 103 | 7.6 ± 4.7 × 103 | 5.3 ± 0.3 × 104 | ||||
| Isolated number | 136 | 130 | 125 | 100 | ||||
| Aeromonas gyrB+ and/or radA+ b | 33% | 47% | 50% | 46% | ||||
| (CFU.100 mL-1 or CFU. g-1)c | 2.1 ± 1.7 × 102 | 1.9 ± 2.4 × 103 | 3.8 ± 2.3 × 103 | 2.4 ± 0.1 × 104 | ||||
aPresumptive abundance based on phenotypic feature of Aeromonas on Aeromonas Isolation Agar (48 h at 22°C, sulfide production and no acid formation); bnumber of Aeromonas (gyrB+radA+)/total number of presumptive Aeromonas; cestimated abundance taking into account % of Aeromonas (gyrB+ radA+).