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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 1999, p. 336-338, Vol. 65, No. 1
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Sources of Vibrio mimicus Contamination of Turtle Eggs

María T. Acuña,1 Gerardo Díaz,1 Hilda Bolaños,1 Candy Barquero,1 Olga Sánchez,1 Luz M. Sánchez,1 Grettel Mora,1 Anny Chaves,2 and Elena Campos1,*

Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud (INCIENSA), Tres Ríos,1 and Centro para la Investigación de las Tortugas Marinas Douglas Robinson, Ostional, Guanacaste,2 Costa Rica

Received 18 May 1998/Accepted 2 October 1998

Vibrio mimicus contamination of sand increased significantly during the arrival of the olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) at Ostional anidation beach, Costa Rica. Statistical analysis supports that eggs are contaminated with V. mimicus by contact with the sand nest. V. mimicus was isolated from eggs of all nests tested, and ctxA+ strains were found in 31% of the nests, all of which were near the estuary.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: INCIENSA, P.O. Box 4, Tres Ríos, Cartago, Costa Rica. Phone: (506) 279 9911. Fax: (506) 279 5546. E-mail: ecampos{at}ns.inciensa.sa.cr.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 1999, p. 336-338, Vol. 65, No. 1
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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