| antibiotic-resistant organisms cultured from atlantic bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) inhabiting estuarine waters of charleston, sc and indian river lagoon, fl. | bottlenose dolphins (tursiops truncatus) from estuarine waters of indian river lagoon, fl (irl) and charleston, sc (chs) were cultured to screen for microorganism colonization and to assess antibiotic sensitivity. swabs (n = 909) were collected from the blowhole, gastric fluid, and feces of 171 individual dolphins the most frequently cultured organisms were plesiomonas shigelloides (n = 161), aeromonas hydrophila (n = 144), escherichia coli (n = 85), and pseudomonas fluorescens (n = 82). in desc ... | 2009 | 19415386 |
| an epizootic of edwardsiella tarda in largemouth bass (micropterus salmoides). | edwardsiella tarda, an opportunistic bacterial pathogen, was isolated from dying largemouth bass (micropterus salmoides) during an epizootic in a eutrophic lake system, lochloosa lake, florida, usa. approximately 1,500 adult fish died over a 6-wk period during the late summer and early fall of 1991. a mixed population of aerobic bacteria (e. tarda, aeromonas hydrophila, and pseudomonas sp.) was isolated from deep cutaneous ulcers and intestines of moribund bass. however, e. tarda in pure culture ... | 1993 | 8487385 |