TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Prevention of suicide phenomenon in aeromonads
JO  - European journal of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases
A1  - Guimarães, M. S.
A1  - Neves, M. S.
A1  - Nunes, M. P.
SP  - 420
EP  - 422
VL  - 15
IS  - 5
N2  - Clinical isolates of Aeromonas (13 Aeromonas caviae), 8 Aeromonas hydrophila, 3 Aeromonas spp., and 2 Aeromonas media recovered from diarrheal feces of children were submitted to the suicide phenomenon test and investigated at intervals of 24 h for up to 120 h. The same isolates were also stimulated by repeated passages in broth for ten days before the test. After the bacterial stimulus, a decreases in the number of aeromonads with suicidal capacity was observed. The suicide phenomenon was expressed after 72 h of incubation in only some isolates. The results show that the suicide phenomenon can be prevented by stimulation of bacterial metabolism.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0934-9723
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01690104
ID  - ref1
ER  -