Table 2 Definitive identification of A. hydro/caviae and A. sobria with biochemical tests.
From: External decontamination of wild leeches with hypochloric acid
No | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
â—† | O | I | F | I | I | F | I | I | I | F | O | I | O | I | I | |
Results of API 32 GN | h/c | h/c | h/c | h/c | h/c | h/c | s | s | h/c | s | h/c | h/c | s | h/c | h/c | h/c |
M | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Esculin | + | + | + | + | + | + | - | - | + | - | + | + | - | + | + | + |
Catalase | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Indole | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
VP | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | - | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
LDC | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
ODC | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
DNase | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Glucose | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
Lactose | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Urea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Citrate | + | + | + | - | + | + | - | - | - | + | - | + | + | + | + | - |
Results | h | h | h | h | h | h | v | v | h | v | h | h | v | h | h | h |
Hem.
-
Abbreviations : No: Number of leech, ◆: Source of the culture material, API 32 GN: Analitycal Profile Index 32 GN (BioMérieux), O: Oral flora, I: Intestinal flora, F: Transport fluid, h/c: A. hydro/caviae, h: A. hydrophila, s: A. sobria, v: A. veronii biogroup sobria, M: Motility, VP: Voges-Proskauer, LDC: Lysine decarboxylase, ODC: Ornithine decarboxylase,
Hem: Hemolysis, Lactose: Asit from Lactose.