[Bacteriological study of the intestinal flora of bats (Desmodus rotundus) (author's transl)].
Stools of 100 bats trapped in the town of Anhembi, State os São Paulo, Brazil, were examined bacteriologically. Hemolityc and non hemolytic strains of Escherichia coli were found most frequently (29.5%) followed by Proteus group (27%) and Staphylococcus (20%). From nine samples of stools the authors isolated Salmonella typhimurium.
D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001938:Brazil; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans
Aspectos bacteriológicos da flora intestinal de desmodus fotundus.