Bacterial flora and antibiotic resistance from eggs of green turtles Chelonia mydas: An indication of polluted effluents

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 720-725

  Al Bahry, Saif ^a   Mahmoud, Ibrahim ^a   Elshafie, Abdulkader ^a   Al Harthy, Asila ^a   Al Ghafri, Sabha ^a   Al Amri, Issa ^a   Alkindi, Abdulaziz ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacteria; Eggs; Green turtles; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCES; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; BACTERIAL FLORAS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL ISOLATES; BIO-INDICATORS; EGGS; GREEN TURTLES; PLASTIC BAGS; PSEUDOMONAS SPP; RESISTANCE TO ANTIBIOTICS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEA TURTLES;

ANTIBIOTICS; OCEAN HABITATS; PLASTIC CONTAINERS; POLLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; EFFLUENT; EGG; MIGRATION ROUTE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TURTLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANS AND SEAS; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZYGOTE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TESTUDINES;

EID: 65049088525     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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