Table 3.
Selected isolates’ virulence profile.
| Isolate Number | Isolate Identification | Virulence Profile | V. Index | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEM | DNase | LIP | LEC | PT | GEL | BF | |||
| 1 | A. hydrophila/caviae | β | + | + | + | + | − | 24 | 0.86 |
| 2 | B. vesicularis | α | + | + | − | + | + | 24 | 0.86 |
| 3 | B. cepacia | α | + | + | − | + | + | − | 0.43 |
| 4 | S. putrefaciens | α | + | + | + | + | − | 24 | 0.86 |
| 5 | S. putrefaciens | α | + | + | + | − | + | - | 0.43 |
| 6 | S. putrefaciens | β | + | + | + | + | − | 24 | 1.00 |
| 7 | S. putrefaciens | α | + | + | Inc | + | − | 24 | 0.86 |
| 8 | S. putrefaciens | α | + | + | Inc | + | − | 24 | 0.86 |
| 9 | V. alginolyticus | α | + | − | Inc | + | − | 48 | 0.57 |
| 10 | V. alginolyticus | α | + | − | − | + | − | 24 | 0.57 |
| 11 | V. alginolyticus | α | + | − | − | − | − | 24 | 0.43 |
| 12 | V. alginolyticus | α | + | − | − | − | − | 24 | 0.43 |
| 13 | E. cloacae | α | + | + | − | − | − | 48 | 0.57 |
| 14 | E. cloacae | α | + | + | − | + | − | 48 | 0.71 |
| 15 | M. morganii | β | + | + | − | − | − | − | 0.43 |
| 16 | M. morganii | α | + | + | − | − | − | − | 0.43 |
| 17 | M. morganii | α | + | + | − | − | − | − | 0.43 |
| 18 | M. morganii | α | − | + | − | − | − | 24 | 0.57 |
| 19 | Citrobacter spp. | α | − | + | − | − | − | 72 | 0.43 |
Alpha-haemolysis (α), beta-haemolysis (β), positive (+), negative (−), inconclusive (Inc), haemolysin (HEM), lipase (LIP), lecithinase (LEC), protease (PT), gelatinase (GEL), biofilm (BF).