Aeromonas veronii
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| Aeromonas veronii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Aeromonadales |
| Family: | Aeromonadaceae |
| Genus: | Aeromonas |
| Species: | A. veronii |
| Binomial name | |
| Aeromonas veronii Hickman-Brenner et al., 1987 |
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Aeromonas veronii is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium found in fresh water and in association with animals.[1] It can be a pathogen of humans and a beneficial symbiont of leeches. In humans A. veronii can cause diseases ranging from wound infections and diarrhea to septicemia in immunocompromised patients. In leeches, this bacterium is thought to function in the digestion of blood, provision of nutrients or preventing other bacteria from growing.
References [edit]
- ^ F. W. Hickman-Brenner, K. L. MacDonald, A. G. Steigerwalt, G. R. Fanning, D. J. Brenner & J. J. Farmer III (1988). "Aeromonas veronii, a new ornithine decarboxylase-positive species that may cause diarrhea". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 25 (5): 900–906. PMC 266114. PMID 3584425.
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