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Table 1 Gram stain characteristics and macroscopic aspects of bacteria isolated from Gastrotheca species

From: Microbiological and cytological characterization of coelomic fluid from three captive endangered amphibian Gastrotheca species with edema syndrome: preliminary analysis

Sex/species

Isolates

Gram stain

Positive or negative

Gram stain

Morphotypes

Female G. litonedis (n = 4/10)

Pasteurella haemolytica

Bacilli

Hafnia alvei

Bacilli

Enterobacter agglomerans

Bacilli

Aeromonas hydrophila/Pseudomonas fluorescens

−/−

Bacilli/Bacilli

Male G. litonedis (n = 2/10)

Streptococcus

+

Cocci

Burkholderia pseudomallei/Salmonella arizonae

−/−

Bacilli/Bacilli

Female G. pseustes (n = 2/8)

Klebsiella ozaenae

Bacilli

Enterobacter gergoviae/Enterococcus spp.

−/+

Bacilli/Cocci

Male G. pseustes (n = 2/8)

Enterobacter sakazakii/Enterococcus spp.

−/+

Bacilli/Cocci

Yersinia enterocolitica

Bacilli

Male G. riobambae (n = 2/2)

Klebsiella oxytoca/Enterococcus spp.

−/+

Bacilli/Cocci

Klebsiella ozaenae/Burkholderia pseudomallei

−/−

Bacilli/Bacilli