Aeromonas proteolytica--a halophilic aeromonad?
Aeromonas proteolytica, a halophilic bacterium originally isolated from the intestine of a marine isopod, was compared with 93 strains of Aeromonas hydrophila and representative strains of five similar genera in a computer and serological analysis. Aeromonas proteolytica was peritrichate and non-reactive with six A. hydrohila antisera, and possessed a percentage guanine + cytosine ratio (49.5) outside the range for other aeromonads (55-62%). Moreover, in the computer analysis it shared a lower level of similarity with other aeromonads than with both strains of Vibrio anguillarum tested.
D000333:Aeromonas / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005407:Flagella; D005690:Galactose / Q000378:metabolism; D012623:Seawater; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D014871:Water Microbiology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D005690:Galactose