Isolation and identification of motile Aeromonas spp.from different sources

Authors

  • Samira Y. Yousif
  • Rasha Abid Ali Al-Khalidi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24126/jobrc.2011.5.3.185

Abstract

Total of 507 samples (clinical, environmental, food) were collected from different hospitals in Baghdad, water, soil, and different food stuffs. Biochemical and morphological characterization tests showed that seventeen isolates were identified as Aeromonas spp.These were farther characterized as Aeromonas hydrophila 10 isolates, Aeromonas sobria 2 isolates, Aeromonas eucrenophila 3 isolates, one isolate belongs to Aeromonas caviae and another one belongs to Aeromonas schubertii. Antibiotic susceptibility tests of all the isolates towards fifteen antibiotics agents were carried out and results showed that all isolates 100% were resistant to penicillin, ampicillin, ampiclox, 99% were resistant to lincomycin, 76.7% to cephalothin, 52.9% to cefotaxime. All isolates except one isolate of Aeromonas eucrenophila were sensitive to meropenem.

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Published

2011-12-18

How to Cite

Yousif, S. Y., & Al-Khalidi, R. A. A. . (2011). Isolation and identification of motile Aeromonas spp.from different sources. Journal of Biotechnology Research Center, 5(3), 56–65. https://doi.org/10.24126/jobrc.2011.5.3.185

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 3 (2011): Issue 3

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Research articles

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