Review Article

Emerging Aeromonas Species Infections and Their Significance in Public Health

Table 1

Hybridization groups (genomospecies) and phenospecies of the genus Aeromonas.

DNA hybridization group (HG)Type strain/ReferenceGenospeciesPhenospeciesRemarks

1*ATCC 7966A. hydrophila A. hydrophila Isolated from clinical specimens
1*BCCM/LMG 19562A. hydrophila subsp. dhakensis A. hydrophila subsp. dhakensis Isolated from clinical specimens
1*BCCM/LMG 19707A. hydrophila subsp. ranae A. hydrophila subsp. ranae Pathogenic for frogs
2*ATCC 14715A. bestiarum A. hydrophila-likeIsolated from clinical specimens
3*ATCC 33658A. salmonicida A. salmonicida subsp. salmonicida Nonmotile fish pathogen
3*ATCC 33659A. salmonicida A. salmonicida subsp. achromogenes Nonmotile fish pathogen
3*ATCC 27013A. salmonicida A. salmonicida subsp. masoucida Nonmotile fish pathogen
3*ATCC 49393A. salmonicida A. salmonicida subsp. smithia Nonmotile fish pathogen
3*CDC 0434-84, Popoff C316unnamedA. hydrophila-likeIsolated from clinical specimens
4*ATCC 15468A. caviae A. caviae Isolated from clinical specimens
5A*CDC 0862-83A. media A. caviae-likeIsolated from clinical specimens
5B*CDC 0435-84A. media A. media
6*ATCC 23309A. eucrenophila A. eucrenophila
7*CIP 7433, NCMB 12065A. sobria A. sobria
8X*CDC 0437-84A. veronii A. sobria
8Y*ATCC 9071A. veronii A. veronii biovar sobriaIsolated from clinical specimens
9*ATCC 49568A. jandaei A. jandaei Isolated from clinical specimens
10*ATCC 35624A. veronii biovar veronii A. veronii biovar veroniiIsolated from clinical specimens, ornithine decarboxylase positive
11*ATCC 35941unnamedAeromonas spp. (ornithine positive)
12*ATCC 43700A. schubertii A. schubertii Isolated from clinical specimens
13*ATCC 43946Aeromonas Group 501A. schubertii-likeIsolated from clinical specimens
14*ATCC 49657A. trota A. trota Isolated from clinical
15*ATCC 51208, CECT 4199A. allosaccharophila A. allosaccharophila
16*ATCC 51020,A. encheleia A. encheleia Pathogenic for eels
17*BCCM/LMG 1754A. popoffii A. popoffii
Unassigned*MTCC 3249, NCIM 5147A. culicicola A. culicicola Isolated from mosquitoes
Unassigned[20]A. eucrenophilaA. tectaIsolated from clinical and environmental sources
Unassigned[21]A. trotaA. aquariorumIsolated from monkey faeces
Unassigned[22]A. popoffiiA. bivalviumIsolated from aquaria of ornamental fish
Unassigned[23]unnamedA. sharmanaIsolated from bivalve molluscs
Unassigned[24]A. encheleiaA. molluscorumIsolated from bivalve molluscs
Unassigned[25]A. schubertiiA. simiaeIsolated from midgut of mosquitoes
Unassigned[26]A. jandaeiA. culicicolaIsolated from a warm spring

*Carnahan and Joseph [7].