Table 2.
Currently recognized species belonging to the genus Aeromonas and the source of isolation of the type strain. The species in bold represent the most prevalent clinical species and lowercase superscript letters indicate that the species have been isolated from clinical species (a), water (b), and fish/seafood (c) (The table is adapted and modified from [64]).
| Species | Source of Isolation (Year) of Type Strain | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| A. allosaccharophila a,c | Eel (1992) | [65] |
| A. aquatica b | Lake water (2015) | [66] |
| A. aquatilis b | Lake water (2017) | [63] |
| A. australiensis b | Water (2013) | [67] |
| A. bestiarum a–c | Diseased fish (1996) | [68] |
| A. bivalvium c | Bivalve mollusks (2007) | [69] |
| A. cavernicola b | Fresh water (2013) | [70] |
| A. caviae a–c ,† | Guinea pig (1984) | [71] |
| A. crassostreae c | Oyster (2017) | [63] |
| A. dhakensis a–c,* | Aquarium water (2008)/Human (diarrheic stool) (2002) | [72,73,74] |
| A. diversa a | Human (wound infection) (2010) | [61] |
| A. encheleia a,c | Eel (1995) | [75] |
| A. enterica a | Human (diarrheic stool) (2017) | [63] |
| A. eurenophila a–c | Fresh water fish (1998) | [76] |
| A. finlandiensis b | Lake water (2015) | [66] |
| A. fluvialis b | River water (2010) | [77] |
| A. hydrophila a–c | Milk (1943) | [78] |
| A. intestinalis a | Human (diarrheic stool) (2017) | [63] |
| A. jandaei a–c | Human (feces) (1991) | [79] |
| A. lacus b | Lake water (2015) | [66] |
| A. lusitana b | Water (2012) | [62] |
| A. media a–c | Water (1983) | [80] |
| A. molluscorum c | Bivalve mollusks (2004) | [81] |
| A. piscicola c | Diseased fish (salmon) (2009) | [82] |
| A. popoffii a,b | Drinking water (1997) | [83] |
| A. rivipollensis b | River sediments (2016) | [84] |
| A. rivuli b | Water rivulet (2011) | [85] |
| A. salmonicida a–c,** | Fish (salmon) (1953) | [86] |
| A. sanarellii a | Human (wound infection) (2010) | [87] |
| A. schubertii a,c | Human (1988) | [88] |
| A. simiae | Monkey feces (2004) | [89] |
| A. sobria a–c | Fish (1976) | [90] |
| A. taiwanesis a | Human (wound infection) (2010) | [87] |
| A. tecta a,c | Human feces (2008) | [91] |
| A. trota a, †† | Human feces (1991) | [92] |
| A. veronii a–c | Human (sputum) (1987) | [93] |
† Synonymous with A. punctate; * A. aquariorum and A. hydrophila subsp. dhakensis were synonymized under the name A. dhakensis; ** The subset of mesophilic, motile strains that can grow at 37 °C; †† Synonymous with A. enteropelogenes.