Table 4.
Microbiological results from the otters found dead in Schleswig-Holstein between 2015–2020.
| Bacteria | Liver | Spleen | Kidney | Lung | Pulm. Lymph Node | Intestine | Mes. Lymph Node | Brain | Repro | Sceletal Muscle | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acinetobacter spp. | / | / | / | 2 | / | / | / | / | / | / | 2 |
| α-haem. Streptococci | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | / | 1 | 24 |
| Buttiauxella spp. | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | / | 2 | / | / | 3 |
| Candida famata | / | 1 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | 1 |
| Carnobacterium divergens | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | / | / | 1 | 27 |
| Carnobacterium maltaromaticum | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | / | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | / | 10 |
| Clostridium colicanis | / | / | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | / | / | 1 |
| Clostridium perfringens | / | / | / | / | / | 3 | / | / | / | / | 3 |
| Enterococcus faecalis | / | / | / | 1 | / | 1 | / | / | / | 1 | 3 |
| Erwinia spp. | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | 1 | 1 |
| Escherichia coli | / | / | / | 2 | / | 1 | / | 1 | / | / | 4 |
| Ewingella americana | / | / | / | 1 | 1 | / | / | / | / | / | 2 |
| Yeasts (not specified further) | 1 | 1 | 1 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | 3 |
| Kurtia spp. | 1 | / | 1 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | 2 |
| Lactobacillus sakei | / | / | / | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | / | 1 |
| Macrococcus caseolyticus | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | / | / | / | / | 1 |
| Macrococcus spp. | / | / | 1 | 1 | / | / | 1 | / | / | / | 3 |
| Micrococcus luteus | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | / | / | / | / | 1 |
| Pantoea spp. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | / | / | / | / | / | 1 | 8 |
| Paraclostridium bifermentans | / | / | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | / | / | 1 |
| Pseudomonas spp. | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | / | 27 |
| Psychrobacter spp. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | / | / | / | / | / | / | 7 |
| Rhanella aquatilis | / | / | / | 2 | / | / | / | / | / | / | 2 |
| Rhanella spp. | / | / | 1 | 1 | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | 3 |
| Serratia fonticola | / | / | / | 3 | 1 | / | / | 1 | / | / | 5 |
| Serratia spp. | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | 1 |
| Staphylococcus equorum | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | / | / | / | / | 1 |
| Staphylococcus lutrae | / | / | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | / | / | 1 |
| Staphylococcus saprophyticus | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | / | / | / | / | 1 |
| Staphylococcus sciuri | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | / | / | / | / | 1 |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | / | / | / | / | 1 |
| Stenotrophomonas spp. | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | 1 |
| Streptococcus canis | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | / | / | / | / | 1 |
| Streptococcus dysgalactiae | / | / | / | / | 1 | / | / | / | / | / | 1 |
| Vagococcus lutrae | / | / | / | / | / | 1 | 1 | / | / | / | 2 |
| Yarrowia lipolytica | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | 1 | / | 1 |
| γ-haem. Streptococci | / | / | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | / | 2 | / | / | 11 |
| Total | 17 | 16 | 23 | 53 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 |