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. 2017 Jan 19;12(1):e0170338. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170338

Table 2. Microorganisms detected by bacteriological and mycological examination in samples from dead free-ranging roe deer examined at the Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health, Switzerland, 1958–2014.

Associated with main disease Total numbers detected
Bacteria
Gram (+)
Actinomyces sp. 2 2
Aerococcus viridans 1 1
Bacillus sp. 1 1
Clostridium sp. 3 3
Clostridium perfringens 11 21
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis 1 1
Dermatophilus congolensis 3 3
Enterococcus sp. 0 2
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae 2 2
Listeria sp. 1 1
Staphylococcus sp. 17 27
Staphylococcus aureus 6 27
Streptococcus sp. 35 50
Streptococcus bovis 0 1
Streptococcus suis 0 1
Trueperella pyogenenes 47 71
Gram (-)
Actinobacillus sp. 2 3
Aeromonas sp. 0 4
Bordetella sp. 0 1
Coliform bacteria 0 11
Escherichia coli 31 95
Fusobacterium sp. 1 1
Fusobacterium necrophorum 6 6
Hafnia alvei 1 1
Klebsiella moblis 1 1
Klebsiella pneumoniae 0 1
Manheimia haemolytica 11 11
Manheimia granulomatis 2 2
Manheimia varginea 1 1
Moraxella sp. 0 5
Morganella morganii 1 1
Mycoplasma sp. 0 1
Neisseria sp. 2 2
Pasteurella sp. 2 12
Pasteurella multocida 14 20
Pasteurella septica 0 2
Salmonella enterica sp enterica 1 1
Salmonella Typhimurium 1 1
Yersina pseudotuberculosis 5 5
Acid-fast
Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis1 1 1
other
Mixed bacterial flora 5 41
Inconclusive or negative 54 361
Fungi
Aspergillus sp. 20 20
Aspergillus fumigatus 3 3
Mucor sp. 4 4
Mucor pussilis 1 1
Not further specified 8 8

If not otherwise specified diagnosis is based on culture results.

1PCR colon feces.