Basic Characteristics | Properties (Aeromonas hydrophila) |
Capsule | -ve |
Catalase | +ve |
Citrate | +ve |
Flagella | +ve |
Gas | +ve |
Gelatin Hydrolysis | +ve |
Gram Staining | Gram-negative |
H2S | +ve |
Hemolysis | +ve |
Indole | +ve |
Maximum Growth Temperature | 41°C |
Motility | +ve |
Nitrate Reduction | +ve |
OF (Oxidative-Fermentative) | Fermentative |
Oxidase | +ve |
Oxygen Requirement | Facultative Anaerobe |
Shape | Rod |
Spore | -ve |
String Test | -ve |
TSIA (Triple Sugar Iron Agar) | Alkali/Acid |
Urease | -ve |
VP (Voges Proskauer) | +ve |
Arabinose | Variable |
Arabitol | -ve |
DNase | +ve |
Dulcitol | -ve |
Erythritol | -ve |
Glucose | +ve |
Gluconate | Variable |
Lactose | Variable |
Mannitol | +ve |
Mucate | -ve |
Rhamnose | -ve |
Sorbitol | -ve |
Sucrose | +ve |
Trehalose | +ve |
Xylose | -ve |
Arbutin | +ve |
Arginine Dehydrolase | +ve |
Elastase | +ve |
Esculin Hydrolysis | +ve |
Lysine Decarboxylase | +ve |
Ornithine Decarboxylase | -ve |
Pectinase | +ve |
Phenylalanine Deaminase | -ve |
Pyrazinamidase | +ve |