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Table 2 Incidence of genotypic virulence markers in Aeromonas spp. isolated from packed milkfish

From: Virulence properties of Aeromonas spp. from modified-atmosphere- and vacuum-packed milk fish (Chanos chanos Forsskal, 1775)

Aeromonas spp.

Enterotoxin genes

Aerolysin / haemolysin genes

Serine protease (ahpA) gene

Elastase (ahpB) gene

GCAT gene

Lipase (lip) gene

DNase gene

Cytotoxic enterotoxins (act gene)

Cytotonic enterotoxin

ahh1 gene

aer A gene

asa1 gene

(ast gene)

(alt gene)

A. hydrophila, n = 18

17 (94 %)

10 (56 %)

13 (72 %)

18 (100 %)

18 (100 %)

NDa

18 (100 %)

10 (56 %)

18 (100 %)

18 (100 %)

18 (100 %)

A. veronii biovar veronii, n = 28

25 (89 %)

NDa

20 (71 %)

28 (100 %)

NDa

NDa

28 (100 %)

23 (82 %)

28 (100 %)

28 (100 %)

28 (100 %)

A. veronii biovar sobria, n = 15

12 (80 %)

NDa

NDa

15 (100 %)

NDa

13 (87 %)

15 (100 %)

11 (73 %)

15 (100 %)

15 (100 %)

12 (80 %)

Total, n = 61

54 (88.5 %)

10 (16.4 %)

33 (54 %)

61 (100 %)

18 (29.5 %)

13 (21 %)

61 (100 %)

44 (72 %)

61 (100 %)

61 (100 %)

58 (95 %)

  1. aNot determined