Cloacal and nasal bacterial flora of Lepidochelys olivacea (Testudines: Cheloniidae) from the North Pacific coast of Costa Rica;Flora bacteriana cloacal y nasal de Lepidochelys olivacea (Testudines: Cheloniidae) en el pacífico norte de Costa Rica

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-48

  Santoro, Mario ^a   Orrego, Carlos Mario ^a   Gómez, Giovanna Hernández ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Bacterial disease; Bacterial flora; Costa Rica; Lepidochelys olivacea; Nancite; Olive ridley sea turtle

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; ANIMALIA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHELONIIDAE; CITROBACTER; CORYNEBACTERIUM; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33846173137     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v54i1.13990     Document Type: Article

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