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. 2012 Sep 4:2012:256261.
doi: 10.5402/2012/256261. Print 2012.

The main Aeromonas pathogenic factors

J M Tomás  1
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The main Aeromonas pathogenic factors

J M Tomás. ISRN Microbiol. .

Abstract

The members of the Aeromonas genus are ubiquitous, water-borne bacteria. They have been isolated from marine waters, rivers, lakes, swamps, sediments, chlorine water, water distribution systems, drinking water and residual waters; different types of food, such as meat, fish, seafood, vegetables, and processed foods. Aeromonas strains are predominantly pathogenic to poikilothermic animals, and the mesophilic strains are emerging as important pathogens in humans, causing a variety of extraintestinal and systemic infections as well as gastrointestinal infections. The most commonly described disease caused by Aeromonas is the gastroenteritis; however, no adequate animal model is available to reproduce this illness caused by Aeromonas. The main pathogenic factors associated with Aeromonas are: surface polysaccharides (capsule, lipopolysaccharide, and glucan), S-layers, iron-binding systems, exotoxins and extracellular enzymes, secretion systems, fimbriae and other nonfilamentous adhesins, motility and flagella.

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Figure 1
Genetic organization of polar flagellar genes in V. parahaemolyticus, A. hydrophila and P. aeruginosa.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Genetic organization of lateral flagella genes in V. parahaemolyticus and A. hydrophila [180, 181].
Figure 3
Figure 3
Polar flagellum gene transcription hierarchies.
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