Oral bacterial microbiota and traumatic injuries of free-ranging Phrynops geoffroanus (Testudines, Chelidae) in southeastern Brazil

Phyllomedusa

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-25

  Ferronato, Bruno O ^a   Marques, Thiago S ^a   Souza, Franco L ^b   Verdade, Luciano M ^a   Matushima, Eliana R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chelidae; Lesions; Microbiology; Pollution; Southeastern Brazil; Testudines

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; FLORA; INJURY; LESION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIC CONDITIONS; PATHOGEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; TURTLE;

BRAZIL; PIRACICABA BASIN; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHELIDAE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DERMATEMYDIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PHRYNOPS GEOFFROANUS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 70149094770     PISSN: 15191397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v8i1p19-25     Document Type: Article

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