Carriage of antibiotic-resistant enteric bacteria varies among sites in gala ́ pagos reptiles

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-67

  Wheeler, Emily ^a   Hong, Pei Ying ^a   Bedon, Lenin Cruz ^b   Mackie, Roderick I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Armador del Pirata   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Amblyrhynchus cristatus; Antibiotic resistance; Conolophus species; Escherichia coli; Gal pagos Islands; Salmonella enterica

Indexed keywords

AMBLYRHYNCHUS CRISTATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CONOLOPHUS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOCHELONE NIGRA; IGUANIA; REPTILIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 84856064873     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-48.1.56     Document Type: Article

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