Regional differences in bacterial flora in harbour porpoises from the North Atlantic: Environmental effects?

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 329-337

  Siebert, U ^a   Prenger Berninghoff, E ^b   Weiss, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial flora; Harbour porpoises; North and Baltic Sea; North Atlantic; Pathological findings

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIAL FLORA; BALTIC SEA; HARBOUR PORPOISE; ICELANDICS; LYMPH NODE; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH SEA; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; PATHOLOGICAL FINDING; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES;

MAMMALS;

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PORPOISE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BALTIC SEA; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENLAND; HEPATITIS; ICELAND; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MESENTERY; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; NORWAY; PORPOISE; PYELONEPHRITIS; SEPTICEMIA; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPLEEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TISSUE SECTION; WATER POLLUTION; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NORTH SEA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA SP.; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOCOENIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; INTESTINES; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; NORTH SEA; PHOCOENA; SPLEEN;

EID: 58249109442     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.04006.x     Document Type: Article

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