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Aeromonas

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Diseases of Amphibians and Reptiles

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Sanarelli (1891) first noted this organism in 1891 from experimental frogs and reported it in the literature as Bacillus hydrophilus fuscus (Russell, 1898). In conjunction with this report was also information establishing the organism’s pathogenicity for lizards, fish and an array of warm-blooded species. Additional reports by other investigators, notably Russell in 1898, described the organism as a polar monotrichous rod which produced gas from glucose. Older cultures produced an amber pigment (Sanarelli, 1891). Chester changed the name to Bacillus hydrophilus and its description appeared in the 1932 and 1934 editions of Bergey’s Manual as Proteus hydrophilus (Bergey, 1923, 1934).

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    Emmett B. Shotts Jr.

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  3. College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    Elliott R. Jacobson

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Shotts, E.B. (1984). Aeromonas. In: Hoff, G.L., Frye, F.L., Jacobson, E.R. (eds) Diseases of Amphibians and Reptiles. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9391-1_4

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