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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 1999, p. 865-867, Vol. 65, No. 2
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Isolation of Fecal Coliform Bacteria from the Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin centrata)

Valerie J. Harwood,* Joseph Butler, Danny Parrish, and Victoria Wagner

Department of Natural Sciences, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida 32224-2645

Received 20 July 1998/Accepted 24 November 1998

Total and fecal coliform bacteria were isolated from the cloaca and feces of the estuarine diamondback terrapin. The majority of samples contained fecal coliforms. Escherichia coli was the predominant fecal coliform species isolated, and members of the genus Salmonella were isolated from 2 of 39 terrapins. Fecal coliform numbers are used to regulate shellfish harvests, and diamondback terrapins inhabit the brackish-water habitats where oyster beds are found; therefore, these findings have implications for the efficacy of current regulatory parameters in shellfishing waters.

* Corresponding author. Present address: Department of Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620. Phone: (813) 974-3250. Fax: (813) 974-3263. E-mail: vharwood{at}chuma1.cas.usf.edu.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 1999, p. 865-867, Vol. 65, No. 2
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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