title: Prevention of suicide phenomenon in aeromonads.
abstract: Clinical isolates of Aeromonas (13 Aeromonas caviae), 8 Aeromonas hydrophila, 3 Aeromonas spp., and 2 Aeromonas media recovered from diarrheal feces of children were submitted to the suicide phenomenon test and investigated at intervals of 24 h for up to 120 h. The same isolates were also stimulated by repeated passages in broth for ten days before the test. After the bacterial stimulus, a decreases in the number of aeromonads with suicidal capacity was observed. The suicide phenomenon was expressed after 72 h of incubation in only some isolates. The results show that the suicide phenomenon can be prevented by stimulation of bacterial metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiologia, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Guimarães
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Nunes
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques