TABLE 3.
Common genotypes in the fish and clinical isolates of different Aeromonas species
| Species and genotypea | No. (%) of isolates |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fish isolates | Clinical isolates | |
| Aeromonas dhakensis | ||
| Total | 10 | 14 |
| hlyA lip alt col ela | 3 (30) | 5 (35.7) |
| Aeromonas hydrophila | ||
| Total | 10 | 6 |
| hlyA lip ascF-ascG alt col ela | 3 (30) | 0 |
| hlyA lip alt col ela | 3 (30) | 0 |
| act hlyA aerA lip ascF-ascG alt ast col ela | 0 | 2 (33.3) |
| hlyA lip ascF-ascG alt ast col ela | 0 | 2 (33.3) |
| Aeromonas caviae | ||
| Total | 33 | 14 |
| lip col ela | 5 (15.2) | 9 (64.3)b |
| Aeromonas veronii | ||
| Total | 43 | 14 |
| act | 8 (18.6) | 3 (21.4) |
a
act, gene encoding heat-labile cytotoxin; aerA, gene encoding aerolysin; alt, gene encoding heat-labile cytotoxin; ascF-ascG, aexT, and ascV, gene encoding components of the type III secretion system; ela, gene encoding elastase; col, gene encoding collagenase; hlyA, gene encoding hemolysin; lip, gene encoding lipase.
b
P < 0.005.