Normal oral bacterial flora from some southern African snakes

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 175-182

  Blaylock, R S M ^a  

^a Leslie Williams Memorial Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Oral bacterial flora; Proteus spp; Pseudomonas spp; Salmonella arizonae; Snakes; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET; GRAM'S STAIN; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH; SEASON; SNAKE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMAL; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENTIAN VIOLET; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; MOUTH; PHENAZINES; SEASONS; SNAKES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0035438413     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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