Table 7.
Oral bacteriology of wild and captive Komodo dragons
| Organism | No. of isolates from Komodo dragon wounds determined by: |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery et al.a |
Citron et al.b for captive animals (n = 2) | ||
| Wild (n = 23) | Captive (n = 13) | ||
| Aerobic Gram-positive organisms | |||
| Aerococcus species | 2 | 0 | |
| Bacillus cereus | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Bacillus coagulans | 1 | 0 | |
| Bacillus stearothermophilus | 1 | 0 | |
| Bacillus subtilis | 4 | 0 | |
| Bacillus species | 4 | 0 | |
| Brevundimonas diminuta | 2 | 0 | |
| Corynebacterium species | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Enterococcus casseliflavus | 1 | 0 | |
| Kurthia species | 0 | 2 | |
| Micrococcus species | 5 | 0 | |
| Rothia species | 2 | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 5 | 3 | |
| Staphylococcus auricularis | 1 | 0 | |
| Staphylococcus capitis | 0 | 5 | |
| Staphylococcus caseolyticus | 0 | 5 | |
| Staphylococcus cohnii | 0 | 1 | |
| Staphylococcus gallinarum | 1 | 0 | |
| Staphylococcus haemolyticus | 2 | 1 | |
| Staphylococcus hominis | 1 | 0 | |
| Staphylococcus kloosii | 1 | 0 | |
| Staphylococcus saprophyticus | 1 | 0 | |
| Staphylococcus sciuri | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Staphylococcus warneri | 1 | 2 | |
| Staphylococcus xylosus | 1 | 1 | |
| Staphylococcus species | 10 | 0 | |
| Streptococcus bovis | 1 | 0 | |
| Streptococcus agalactiae | 1 | 0 | |
| Streptococcus dysgalactiae | 1 | ||
| Streptococcus species | 14 | 0 | |
| Aerobic Gram-negative organisms | |||
| Acinetobacter calcoaceticus | 2 | 0 | |
| Aeromonas hydrophila | 2 | 1 | |
| Alcaligenes faecalis | 2 | 0 | |
| Burkholderia cepacia | 3 | 0 | |
| Enterobacter species | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Escherichia coli | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| Klebsiella species | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| Pasteurella multocida | 2 | 0 | |
| Proteus mirabilis | 5 | 2 | |
| Providencia rettgeri | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Pseudomonas species | 5 | 1 | |
| Serratia species | 4 | 1 | |
| Anaerobic organisms | |||
| Fusobacterium varium | 1 | ||
| Bacteroides fragilis | 1 | ||
| Bacteroides species | 1 | ||
| Parabacteroides species | 1 | ||
| Clostridium perfringens | 1 | ||
| Clostridium sardiniense | 1 | ||
| Clostridium sordellii | 1 | ||
| Swarming Clostridium species | 1 | ||