Moellerella wisconsensis isolated from the oral cavity of a wild raccoon (Procyon lotor).
This report describes the isolation of Moellerella wisconsensis from the oral secretions of a wild raccoon in Northern California. Human enteric disease has previously been associated with this organism. This represents the first isolation of this rare enterobacterial species from a non-captive animal and only the third from a non-human source.
Microbial Diseases Laboratory, Division of Communicable Disease Control, California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, California, USA.
Rebecca F
RF
Sandfort
William
W
Murray
J Michael
JM
Janda
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology; D002140:California; D005260:Female; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology*; D011821:Raccoons / Q000382:microbiology*