Table 2.
Plesiomonas shigelloides and Aeromonas species isolated from marine mammals beached in Brazil in the period from 2003 to 2004.
| Microorganisms | Marine Mammals | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontoporia blainvillei | Sotalia guianensis | Otaria byronia | Stenella frontalis | Delphinus sp. | Eubalaena australis | Mesoplodon mirus | Steno bredanensis | Total (%) | |
| A. veronii biogroup veronii | 15 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19.3 |
| Aeromonas sp. | 13 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 15.8 |
| Aeromonas caviae | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 12.3 |
| Aeromonas hydrophila | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 9.6 |
| A. veronii biogroup sobria | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 8.8 |
| Plesiomonas shigelloides | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 |
| Aeromonas jandaei | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5.3 |
| Aeromonas sobria | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 5.3 |
| Aeromonas eucrenophila | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4.4 |
| Aeromonas schubertii | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.4 |
| Aeromonas media | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4.4 |
| Aeromonas trota | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.5 |
| Total (%) | 58.8 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.0 | - |