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===Overview===
*Gram negative bacteria
*Found in aquatic environments
*Opportunistic pathogens of fish, reptiles and rarely mammals
===Characteristics===
*Straight rods
*Catalase and oxidase positive
*Facultative anaerobes
*Motile
*Grow on non-enriched media; NaCl supplementation required for ''Vibrio'' species
*Found in freash water and oral cavity and skin of fish and reptiles
===''Aeromonas salmonicida''===
*Furunculosis in salmon and goldfish
===''Aeromonas hydrophila''===
*Red-leg syndrome in amphibians
*Ulcerative stomatitis, pneumonia and septicaemia in captive snakes
*Haemorrhagic septicaemia in freshwater fish
*Abortion in cattle
*Septicaemia in young dogs
*Haemorrhagic colitis in rabbits
*Food poisoning in humans
===Diagnosis===
*Isolation and identification from lesions
*Widespread in environments
===Treatment===
*Antibiotics including Cephalosporins
[[Category:Bacteria]][[Category:Gram_negative_bacteria]]