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. 2015 Apr 10;11:91. doi: 10.1186/s12917-015-0405-x

Table 1.

Results of Nested-PCRs and cultures on eye swabs from healthy and diseased tortoises and turtles

Sample Species Tortoise Turtle Clinical signs Chlamydia PCR Mycoplasma PCR Gram positive isolates* Gram negative isolates § Candida spp.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V
1 T. graeca X None + +
10 T. graeca X Conjunctivitis + + +
11 T. hosfieldi X Conjunctivitis + +
13 T. graeca X None + +
14 T. hermanni X Conjunctivitis + +
15 T. graeca X None + + +
16 T. graeca X None + + +
17 T. graeca X None + +
18 T. graeca X Weakeness + + + +
19 T. hermanni X None + + +
20 T. hermanni X None + + + +
21 T. hermanni X None + +
22 T. hermanni X None + + + +
24 T. graeca X None + +
25 T. marginata X None + +
26 T. hermanni X None + +
33 T. hermanni X None + +
34 T. hermanni X None +
2 T. scripta X None + +
3 T. scripta X None +
4 T. scripta X None + +
5 P. subrufa X None + +
6 E. subglobosa X None + + +
7 T. scripta X None +
8 T. scripta X None + +
9 T. scripta X None + +
12 T. scripta X None +
23 T. scripta X Conjunctivitis + +
27 T. scripta X None + +
28 T. scripta X None +
29 T. scripta X None +
30 T. scripta X None + + +
31 T. scripta X None +
32 Pseudemys spp. X None +

*Gram positive isolates: A=Bacillus spp.; B=Kocuria varians/rosea; C=Staphylococcus aureus; D=Staphylococcus auricularis; E=Staphylococcus haemolyticus; F=Staphylococcus lentus; G=Staphylococcus sciuri; H=Staphylococcus xylosus.

§Gram negative isolates: I=Aeromonas hydrophila/caviae; J=Citrobacter freundii; K=Enterobacter cloacae; L=Morganella morganii; M=Ochrobactrum anthropic; N=Pasteurella multocida; O=Pasteurella pneumotropica/ haemolytica; P=Proteus spp.; Q=Pseudomonas luteola; R=Pseudomonas putida; S=Salmonella enterica ssp. arizonae; T=Sphingomonas paucimobilis; U=Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; V=Vibrio parahaemolyticus.