First record of the rare species Aeromonas culicicola from a drinking water supply.
We describe the recovery of the rare species Aeromonas culicicola, so far known only in mosquitoes in India, from a drinking water supply in Spain. Typing, using enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus-PCR, revealed that the 27 new isolates belonged to 3 very closely related strains. These strains were genetically identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Spanish strains differed from the mosquito strains in three nucleotide positions. The AHCYTOEN gene was present in these water strains, which may have a public health significance.
Figueras
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MJ
Departament de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain. mjfs@fmcs.urv.es
Suarez-Franquet
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Chacón
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Soler
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Navarro
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Alejandre
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Grasa
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Martínez-Murcia
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Guarro
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D000333:Aeromonas / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D009033:Culicidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004326:Drinking; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000235:genetics; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000382:microbiology; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013030:Spain; D014881:Water Supply
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004768:Enterotoxins; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C082174:cytolytic enterotoxin protein, Aeromonas