Aeromonas Hydrophila: A Challenging Food Borne Pathogen

Abstract

Aeromonas hydrophila is one of the most challenging, ubiquitous and opportunistic food borne pathogens. It mainly resides in aquatic environments and is capable of growth within a wide temperature range (-0.1°C to 37°C). Due to its capacity to grow even at low temperatures it has major role in spoilage of packaged foods. It causes various diseases like endophthalmitis, gastroenteritis, cellulitis, meningitis, diarrhoea, etc. It is also resistant to many antibiotics, hence it has become one of the most problematic food borne pathogens to handle. It is required to develop novel approaches for controlling this organism.