Bacterial infections in sea turtles

VV Ebani - Veterinary Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Sea turtles are currently endangered due to several factors, including
infectious and parasitic pathogens. Opportunistic and pathogenic bacteria are largely …

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 …

Antimicrobial Resistance in Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta): A Comparison between Clinical and Commensal Bacterial Isolates

A Trotta, M Marinaro, A Sposato, M Galgano… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Gram negative organisms are frequently isolated from Caretta caretta and
may contribute to the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance. In this study, commensal …

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 …

On Caretta caretta's shell: first spatial analysis of micro- and macro-epibionts on the Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtle carapace

MF Blasi, A Rotini, T Bacci, M Targusi… - Marine Biology …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758), is the most common sea turtle
species in the Mediterranean Sea, where it can experience severe anthropogenic impacts …

Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence Profiles of Gram-Negative Bacteria Isolated from Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) of the Island of Maio, Cape Verde

M Fernandes, ML Grilo, C Carneiro, E Cunha… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Previous studies revealed high levels of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in loggerhead sea
turtles (Caretta caretta), describing this species as prime reservoir of antimicrobial-resistant …

Carotenoids act on coloration and increase immunity and antioxidant activity in the novel “Yongzhang Golden turtle” strain of Pelodiscus sinensis

J Zhang, Z Ding, W Du, X Wang, Y Guan - Aquaculture, 2023 - Elsevier
The body color of aquatic products is a key indicator that aquaculture practitioners use to
evaluate health status and consumers use to judge quality. Carotenoids are natural …

Microbial composition of carapace, feces, and water column in captive juvenile green sea turtles with carapacial ulcers

Y Guo, H Chen, P Liu, F Wang, L Li, M Ye… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Green sea turtles are endangered marine reptiles. Carapacial ulcers will
develop on juvenile green sea turtles during artificial rescue, seriously affecting their health …

Antimicrobial-resistance profiles of gram-negative bacteria isolated from green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Taiwan

MA Tsai, CC Chang, TH Li - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
The green turtle (Chelonia mydas) is listed as a globally endangered species and is
vulnerable to anthropogenic threats, including environmental pollution. This study …

Osteomyelitis in cold-stunned Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) hospitalized for rehabilitation: 25 cases (2008–2018)

AL Powell, KA Tuxbury, JM Cavin… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Am Vet Med Assoc
OBJECTIVE To characterize osteolytic lesions in cold-stunned Kemp's ridley sea turtles
(Lepidochelys kempii) hospitalized for rehabilitation and describe methods used for the …