Aeromonas salmonicida: Difference between revisions
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Aeromonas salmonicida is a gram-negative bacterium. Most strands of the bacterium are non-motile. The bacterium’s optimal growth temperature is between 22 and 25°C. The maximum temperature that it can grow at is 34.5°C. After about a 24 hour growth period the colonies are about the size of a pin point. The colonies also have a brown pigmented color that appears after it has been growing for 48-72 hours. | |||
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Revision as of 20:42, 22 April 2009
A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Aeromonas salmonicida
Classification
Higher order taxa
Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Aeromonadales; Aeromonadaceae; Aeromonas
Genus species
Aeromonas salmonicida
Description and significance
Aeromonas salmonicida is a gram-negative bacterium. Most strands of the bacterium are non-motile. The bacterium’s optimal growth temperature is between 22 and 25°C. The maximum temperature that it can grow at is 34.5°C. After about a 24 hour growth period the colonies are about the size of a pin point. The colonies also have a brown pigmented color that appears after it has been growing for 48-72 hours.
Genome structure
Cell structure and metabolism
Aeromonas salmonicida is bacillus in shape. The short rods have rounded ends which allow it to be easily confused as a coccus. The colony size of Aeromonas salmonicida is between 1-2nm. Aeromonas salmonicida is a facultative anaerobic which means that it is capable of making ATP by aerobic respiration if oxygen is present but is also capable of switching to fermentation when oxygen is not present.
Ecology
Pathology
References
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