Plesiomonas shigelloides is a gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic rod whose appropriate
taxonomic position is presently under investigation. The isolation and identification of this …

Hundreds of sharp and detailed illustrations, most of them in full color, distinguish this
unique and practical atlas/text. Succinct procedural descriptions, integrated with the …

La microbiología clínica es tanto un arte como una ciencia; su tarea esencial es el
reconocimiento de la morfología microscópica característica de los microorganismos para la …

Strains of Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from skin infections of common freshwater fish in
Bangladesh were tested for enterotoxin production, hemolysin production, and any …

The related species V. parahæmolyticus and A. hydrophila produce several extracellular
toxins and enzymes some of which are potential virulence factors. The thermostable direct …

The authors describe an oyster-associated outbreak of diarrhoeal disease possibly caused
by Plesiomonas shigelloides. In November 1980 about 150 people ate roasted oysters at an …

Plesiomonas shigelloides is an oxidase-positive, gram-negative rod that has been
implicated as an agent of human gastroenteritis for almost 40 years. Reports of …

One of the major challenges of modern medicine includes the failure of conventional
protocols to characterize the pathogenicity of emerging pathogens. This is particularly …

The iron uptake systems of Plesiomonas shigelloides strains were determined. Siderophore
production was not detected by chemical or biological assays, and the strains tested were …

Although Plesiomonas shigelloides is considered to cause diarrhea in humans, the
mechanisms by which it might do so are not known. Enteric pathogens such as Vibrio …