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. 2009 Mar 1;40(1):194–198. doi: 10.1590/S1517-838220090001000034

Table 1.

Aerobic bacteria isolated from Broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) kept in captivity at Parque Zoológico Arruda Câmara, João Pessoa, Paraíba,

Bacteria Samples / Body location
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
O c O c O c O c O c O c O c O c O c O c O c O c O c O c O c O c O c O c O c O c O c
Arizona sp (4/4.21%)* X X X X
Citrobacter sp (1/1.05%) X
Enterobacter aerogenes (10/10.53%) X X X X X X X X X X
Enterobacter cloacae (3/3.16%) X X X
Enterobacter sp (2/2.11%) X X
Escherichia coli (13/13.16%) X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Klebsiella pneumoniae (1/1.05%) X
Providencia alcalifaciens (3/3.16%) X X X
Salmonella sp (1/1.05%) X
Shigella sonnei (6/6.32%) X X X X X X
Shigella sp (11/11.58%) X X X X X X X X X X X
Bacillus sp (4/4.21%) X X X X
Corynebacterium sp (13/13.68%) X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Micrococcus sp (9/9.47%) X X X X X X X X X
Staphylococcus sp (14/14.74%) X x X X X X X X X X X X X X

O = Oral cavity

C = Cloaca

*

(n) = Number of time the species was isolated

Inline graphic = Samples with only one isolated species

Inline graphic = Samples without bacterial growth after 72 hours.