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. 2019 Jun;19(2):2036–2042. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v19i2.27

Table 1.

Identification of Aeromonas species using culture and immune magnetic polymerase chain reaction (IM-PCR) and comparison with the enterotoxicity of isolates

Aeromonas
species
identified
Rate of isolation
by
culture, %
Enterotoxicity test of
Aeromonas isolates
after culture
Rate of
detection
after
IM-PCRa, %
Number of strains
showing
enterotoxicity
after IM-PCRa
A. hydrophila 12, (38.7) 10/12 25, (40.3) 25/25
A. caviae 8, (25.8) 7/8 9, (14.5) 9/9
A. veronii 5, (16.1) 5/5 11, (17.7) 11/11
A. schuberti 3, (9.7) 2/3 4, (6.4) 4/4
A. Jandei 3, (9.7) 1/3 6, (9.6) 6/6
A. trota NDb NDb 7, (11.2) 7/7

Key to abbreviations:

a: Immune magnetic polymerase chain reaction.

b: Not detected.