TABLE 1.

Origins of 72 beta-hemolytic streptococci isolated from 39 harbor seals and 4 grey seals of the North and Baltic seas

Animal designationa	Locationb	Status of animal when foundc	Tissue(s) of origin
P1	Amrum	K	Lung
P2	Dagebüll	K	Spleen
P3	Nordstrand	K	Liver, spleen
P4	St. Peter-Ording	S	Liver, lung, kidney, spleen
P5	Kampen on Sylt	S	Liver
P6	—	S	Intestine
P7	Pellworm	—	Lung
P8	St. Peter-Ording	K	Lung
P9	St. Peter-Ording	N	Lung
P10	Ulvesbüll	K	Lung
P11	Rantum on Sylt	K	Articulation; lung
P12	Friedrichskoog	K	Lung
P13	Hörnum on Sylt	K	Extremity
P14	Amrum	S	Articulation
P15	Amrum	S	Articulation
P16	Wenningstedt on Sylt	K	Articulation, liver, lung
P17	Amrum	K	Lung
P18	Lorenzenplate	A	Anus
P19	Hörnum on Sylt	K	Lung
P20	—	S	Liver
P21	List on Sylt	K	Lung (2)
P22	Hörnum on Sylt	K	Liver, lung, spleen
P23	Hörnum on Sylt	S	Skin
P24	Sealstation Helgoland	D	Eye
P25	Pellworm	S	Tongue
P26	Amrum	S	Lung
P27	Helgoland	K	Blubber, eye, lung, spleen
P28	Pellworm	K	Eye
P29	Friedrichskoog	K	Eye
P30	Helgoland	K	Tongue
P31	Oland	K	Eye
P32	St. Peter-Ording	K	Liver
P33	Hörnum on Sylt	S	Lung (2)
P34	Rantum on Sylt	K	Liver, lung, kidney
P35	List on Sylt	K	Liver, lung (2), skin
P36	Hörnum on Sylt	S	Intestine
P37	Helgoland	S	Lung
P38	List on Sylt	K	Eye, liver, lung (2)
P39	Sealstation Friedrichskoog	A	Eye
H1	St. Peter-Ording	K	Lung
H2	Kleiner Haft	N	Intestine, liver (2), lung (2), kidney, spleen, tongue
H3	Vitt on Rügen	S	Lung
H4	Sealstation Friedrichskoog	A	Mouth

^aP, P. vitulina; H, H. grypus.

^bAmrum, Dagebüll, Friedrichskoog, Lorenzenplate, Helgoland, Hörnum, Kampen, List, Nordstrand, Oland, Pellworm, Rantum, St. Peter-Ording, Ulvesbüll, and Wenningstedt are all in the North Sea. Kleiner Haft and Vitt are in the Baltic Sea. —, no information available.

^cA, alive; D, died in a seal station; N, caught in fishing nets; K, killed because of poor condition; S, stranded; —, no information available.