TABLE 1.
Aeromonas reference strains used in this study
| Species | Straina |
|---|---|
| A. hydrophila | A 82, A 162, AER 4, AER 19, ATCC 7966T |
| A. bestiarum | A 307, A 310, ATCC 14715, NCMB 1134 |
| A. salmonicida | A 8, A 14, A 63, A 99, A 132, CDC0434-84 |
| A. caviae | A 12, A 26, AER 5, AER 51, ATCC 15468T |
| A. media | A 6, A 81, A 117, A 225, A 284, A 912, CDC0862-83 (5a), CDC0435-84 (5b) |
| A. eucrenophila | A 1651, A 1653, ATCC 23309T |
| A. sobria | A 915, CIP 7433T |
| A. veronii biovar sobria | A 64, A 132, A 155, A 916, AER 28, AER 39, CDC0437-84, LMG 13694 (A 27), LMG 13695 (A 28) |
| A. jandaei | A 950, AER 14, ATCC 49568T, NMR1-6 |
| A. veronii biovar veronii | AER 397, ATCC 35624T, LMG 16334 (ATCC 35625) |
| A. encheleia | ATCC 35941, ATCC 43946, LMG 13076, LMG 16328, LMG 16329, LMG 16330T |
| A. schubertii | ATCC 43700T, LMG 12655, LMG 12668 |
| A. trota | AER 66, AER 370, ATCC 49657T |
| A. allosaccharophila | LMG 14021, LMG 14059T |
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Strains were identified by DNA-DNA hybridization by other investigators. A, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Zürich, Switzerland (except isolates A 310 [originally from Sakazaki], A 132 [A. salmonicida], and A 81 [originally from Kuijper]); AER, Department of Health Services, Berkeley, Calif.; LMG, Culture collection of the Laboratorium voor Microbiologie Gent, University of Gent, Ghent, Belgium; and NCMB, National Collection of Marine Bacteria, Aberdeen, Scotland. If necessary the original strain designation is given in parentheses.