title: Qualitative analysis of preputial and vaginal bacterial microbiota in owl monkeys (Aotus azarai infulatus) raised in captivity.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to identify the aerobic bacteria of the preputial and vaginal microbiota in owl monkeys that have been raised in captivity and to evaluate the antimicrobial susceptibility of these bacteria by gender and social organization.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty clinically healthy Aotus azarai infulatus were used. A total of 134 samples were collected, 60 from the preputial mucosa and 74 from the vaginal mucosa. An automated system of bacterial identification was used.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Staphylococcus intermedius and Proteus mirabilis were the microorganisms that were most frequently identified according to gender and social organization. The antimicrobial susceptibility of the isolated gram-positive bacteria was similar in both sexes. However, the gram-negative strains had some differences. The aerobic bacterial population of the vaginal and preputial microbiota is similar in owl monkeys, and there are no differences in the number and bacterial species according to sex and social organization.
authors.affiliation: Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal (ISPA), Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), Belém, Pará, Brazil.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: F O B
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.forename: H L T
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: R de O
authors.initials: Rde O
authors.lastname: Cavalcante
authors.forename: A I da F
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Sampaio
authors.forename: M E B A M
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: da Conceição
authors.forename: R S C
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Takeshita
authors.forename: P H G
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: de Castro
authors.forename: F M C
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Feijó
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Rahal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016645:Aotidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D054892:Metagenome; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D023421:Models, Animal; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000382:microbiology; D010413:Penis / Q000382:microbiology*; D011513:Proteus mirabilis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D057789:Staphylococcus intermedius / Q000187:drug effects; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*