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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2000, p. 449-452, Vol. 66, No. 1
0099-2240/0/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Isolation and Characterization of Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni from Macaroni Penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) in the Subantarctic Region

T. Broman,1,2 S. Bergström,2 S. L. W. On,3 H. Palmgren,1 D. J. McCafferty,4 M. Sellin,5 and B. Olsen1,6,*

Department of Infectious Diseases,1 Department of Microbiology,2 and Department of Bacteriology,5 Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, and Danish Veterinary Laboratory, DK-1790 Copenhagen V,3 Denmark; Department of Infectious Diseases, Kalmar County Hospital, SE-381 95 Kalmar,6 Sweden; and British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Cambridge, CB3 OET, United Kingdom4

Received 3 June 1999/Accepted 19 October 1999

On Bird Island, South Georgia, albatrosses (n = 140), penguins (n = 100), and fur seals (n = 206) were sampled for Campylobacter jejuni. C. jejuni subsp. jejuni was recovered from three macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus). These isolates, the first reported for the subantarctic region, showed low genetic diversity and high similarity to Northern Hemisphere C. jejuni isolates, possibly suggesting recent introduction to the area.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Infectious Diseases, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden. Phone: 46-90-7852301. Fax: 46-90-133006. E-mail: bjorn.olsen{at}infdis.umu.se.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2000, p. 449-452, Vol. 66, No. 1
0099-2240/0/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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