[HTML][HTML] A global review of green turtle diet: sea surface temperature as a potential driver of omnivory levels

N Esteban, JA Mortimer, HJ Stokes, JO Laloë… - Marine Biology, 2020 - Springer
To better understand dietary requirements, trophic shifts, and trophic interactions of the
threatened green turtle (Chelonia mydas), we conducted a comprehensive global review …

Metagenomic insights into the structure and function of intestinal microbiota of the farmed Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

S Gao, L Pan, F Huang, M Song, C Tian, M Zhang - Aquaculture, 2019 - Elsevier
Intestinal microbiota plays a vital role in host's physiology, development, and behavior.
However, these functions in Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) are still largely …

[HTML][HTML] Perturbation of the gut microbiome in wild-caught freshwater turtles (Emydura macquarii macquarii) exposed to elevated PFAS levels

DJ Beale, A Bissett, S Nilsson, U Bose… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are environmentally persistent and pervasive.
Understanding the toxicity of PFAS to wildlife is difficult, both due to the complexity of biotic …

[HTML][HTML] New insights into the gut microbiome in loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta stranded on the Mediterranean coast

V Arizza, L Vecchioni, S Caracappa, G Sciurba… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Caretta caretta is the most common sea turtle species in the Mediterranean Sea. The
species is threatened by anthropomorphic activity that causes thousands of deaths and …

Microbiological assessment of marine and estuarine ecosystems using fecal indicator bacteria, Salmonella, Vibrio and antibiotic resistance pattern

A Chahouri, N Radouane, B Yacoubi, A Moukrim… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine and estuarine environments are often affected by microbiological contamination that
adversely affects their use and severely impacts human health. To examine the influence of …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial symbiosis and coevolution of an entire clade of ancient vertebrates: the gut microbiota of sea turtles and its relationship to their phylogenetic history

TF Scheelings, RJ Moore, TTH Van, M Klaassen… - Animal Microbiome, 2020 - Springer
Background The microbiota plays a critical role in host homeostasis and has been shown to
be a major driving force in host evolution. However, our understanding of these important …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative analysis of gut bacterial communities of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) pre-hospitalization and post-rehabilitation by high-throughput …

MS Ahasan, TB Waltzek, R Huerlimann, E Ariel - Microbiological Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Stranded green turtles (Chelonia mydas) are often cared for in rehabilitation centers until
they recover. Although the specific causal agents of diseases in stranded turtles are difficult …

Loggerhead sea turtles as sentinels in the western Mediterranean: Antibiotic resistance and environment-related modifications of Gram-negative bacteria

A Pace, L Dipineto, A Fioretti, S Hochscheid - Marine pollution bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
Sea turtles possess relevant characteristics to serve as sentinel species for monitoring the
health of marine ecosystems, which is currently threatened. This study examined 35 …

Detection of multi-drug resistance and AmpC β-lactamase/extended-spectrum β-lactamase genes in bacterial isolates of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) from …

A Trotta, M Cirilli, M Marinaro, S Bosak, G Diakoudi… - Marine pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sea turtles are useful sentinels to monitor the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance
(AMR) in the marine coastal ecosystems. Forty Gram negative bacteria were isolated from …

[HTML][HTML] Green turtle diet is dominated by seagrass in the Western Indian Ocean except amongst gravid females

HJ Stokes, JA Mortimer, GC Hays, RKF Unsworth… - Marine Biology, 2019 - Springer
Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) are key herbivores of tropical and subtropical neritic habitats
and play a major role in structuring seagrass meadows. We present the first detailed …