Aeromonas aquariorum is widely distributed in clinical and environmental specimens and can be misidentified as Aeromonas hydrophila

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3006-3008

  Aravena Román, Max ^a,b   Harnett, Gerald B ^b   Riley, Thomas V ^a,b   Inglis, Timothy J J ^a,b   Chang, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS AQUARIORUM; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS VERONII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENOTYPE; GENUS; GYRB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPOD GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WATER SAMPLING;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA;

EID: 79960940823     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00472-11     Document Type: Article

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