| evaluation of hawaiian green turtles (chelonia mydas) for potential pathogens associated with fibropapillomas. | thirty-two juvenile green turtles (chelonia mydas) were captured alive in kaneohe bay, island of oahu, hawaii, during september 1991. ten of the turtles sampled were afflicted with green turtle fibropapillomatosis (gtfp) in varying degrees of severity. virus isolation attempts were negative in all individuals. using nasopharyngeal and cloacal swabs, we isolated 28 gram negative bacteria, five gram positive cocci, bacillus spp., and diphtheroids. the most common isolates included pseudomonas fluo ... | 1994 | 8151829 |