TABLE 1.
Culture and PCR results for the eight dolphins presented by animal number and sample sitea
| Animal no. (group) | Speciesa | MIT accession no.b | Sample sitec | Resultsd
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture | PCR | ||||
| 1 (A) | WSD | 99-5664 | Forestomach | − | + |
| 99-5665 | Main stomach | + | + | ||
| 99-5656 | Main stomach | + | + | ||
| 2 (A) | WSD | 99-5658 | Forestomach | − | + |
| 99-5657 | Main stomach | + | + | ||
| 3 (A) | WSD | 99-5666 | Forestomach | Mixed | + |
| 99-5659 | Main stomach | − | + | ||
| 4 (A) | WSD | 99-5661 | Forestomach | − | + |
| 99-5660 | Main stomach | − | + | ||
| 5 (A) | WSD | 99-5662 | Forestomach | − | − |
| 99-5663 | Main stomach | − | + | ||
| 6 (A) | WSD | 99-5668 | Forestomach | − | − |
| 99-5667 | Main stomach | − | − | ||
| 7 (B) | CD | 99-7442-1 | Jct fore- and main stomachs | Mixed | + |
| 99-7442-2 | Main stomach | − | + | ||
| 99-7442-3 | Jct main and pyloric stomachs | − | + | ||
| 99-7442-4 | Pyloric stomach | Mixed | + | ||
| 99-7442-5 | Jct pyloric and duodenal ampulla | Mixed | + | ||
| 8 (B) | WSD | 99-7443-1 | Jct fore- and main stomachs | − | + |
| 99-7443-2 | Main stomach | − | + | ||
| 99-7443-3 | Jct main and pyloric stomachs | Mixed | |||
| 99-7443-4 | Pyloric stomach | − | − | ||
| 99-7443-5 | Jct pyloric and duodenal ampulla | − | + | ||
a
WSD, Atlantic white-sided dolphin; CD, common dolphin.
b
MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
c
Jct, junction (of).
d
Mixed denotes mixed bacterial growth on artificial media that amplified a 1,200-bp Helicobacter species-specific PCR product.