Characterization of Campylobacter spp. isolated from wild birds in the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic.

ABSTRACT: A lack of knowledge of naturally occurring pathogens is limiting our ability to use the Antarctic to study the impact human-mediated introduction of infectious microorganisms have on this relatively uncontaminated environment. As no large-scale coordinated effort to remedy this lack of knowledge has taken place, we rely on smaller targeted efforts to both study present microorganisms and monitor the environment for introductions. In one such effort, we isolated Campylobacter species from fecal samples collected from wild birds in the Antarctic Peninsula and the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Indeed, in South Georgia, we found Campylobacter lari and the closely related Campylobacter peloridis, but also distantly related human-associated multilocus sequence types of Campylobacter jej

SUBMITTER: Johansson H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6226163 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature