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

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

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During 2006 and 2007, we collected free-ranging Phrynops geoffroanus, from two anthropogenically altered rivers in southeastern Brazil. Oral microbiological samples were taken for isolation of aerobic and facultative anaerobic bacteria; a physical examination was performed;and we evaluated possible...

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Main Authors: Bruno O. Ferronato, Thiago S. Marques, Franco L. Souza, Luciano M. Verdade, Eliana R. Matushima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2009-07-01
Series:Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology
Subjects:
Testudines
Chelidae
lesions
microbiology
pollution
southeastern Brazil
Online Access:http://www.phyllomedusa.esalq.usp.br/articles/volume8/number1/811925.pdf

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