Anaerobic and aerobic bacteriology of the saliva and gingiva from 16 captive Komodo dragons (Varanus Komodoensis): New implications for the bacteria as venom model

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 262-272

  Goldstein, Ellie J C ^a,b   Tyrrell, Kerin L ^a   Citron, Diane M ^a   Cox, Cathleen R ^c   Recchio, Ian M ^c   Okimoto, Ben ^d,e   Bryja, Judith ^f   Fry, Bryan G ^g  

^a R M ALDEN RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens   (United States)

^d Honolulu Zoo   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^f Houston Zoo   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

anaerobe; bacteriology; clostridia; Komodo dragon; oral; Staphylococcus sciuri; venom

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GINGIVA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIZARD; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SALIVA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GINGIVA; LIZARDS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALIVA;

CLOSTRIDIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; VARANUS KOMODOENSIS;

EID: 84878937411     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2012-0022R.1     Document Type: Article

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