Aerobic bacterial flora of nesting green turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 549-552

  Santoro, Mario ^a   Hernández, Giovanna ^a,b   Caballero, Magaly ^a,b   García, Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial flora; Chelonia mydas; Costa Rica; Green turtle; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHELONIA MYDAS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; POSIBACTERIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33846145687     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/05-118.1     Document Type: Article

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