Five Less-Common Salmonella Serotypes from Congo Reptiles

Five Less-Common Salmonella Serotypes from Congo Reptiles

DURING work on dried specimens of cloacal contents collected in the Pare National de la Garamba, northeastern Congo, from various reptiles, the following serotypes of Salmonella were isolated : champaign (39 : k : 1,5) from a snake ; Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia ; plymouth (46 : d : 1,6) from the same...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 1961-01, Vol.189 (4760), p.240-241
Hauptverfasser: FULTON, MACDONALD, SZAFRAN, PHILOMENA, LESKO, MATTHEW M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Congo
Humanities and Social Sciences
letter
multidisciplinary
Old Medline
Reptiles - microbiology
Salmonella
Salmonella paratyphi A
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Serogroup
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Zusammenfassung:DURING work on dried specimens of cloacal contents collected in the Pare National de la Garamba, northeastern Congo, from various reptiles, the following serotypes of Salmonella were isolated : champaign (39 : k : 1,5) from a snake ; Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia ; plymouth (46 : d : 1,6) from the same specimen of snake and from a lizard, Mabuya sp. ; ramat-gan (30 : k : 1,5) from the same snake specimen ; tel-aviv (28 : y : enz 15 ) from a different specimen of the same species of snake ; and gatow (6,7 : y : 1,7) from a snake Psammophis subtaeniatus sudanensis . The identifications were made by the Enteric Laboratory, State of Illinois, Department of Health, and confirmed by the Enteric Laboratory, Communicable Disease Center, Chamblee, Georgia.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/189240a0