Isolation and Characterization of Campylobacter spp. from Antarctic Fur Seals (Arctocephalus gazella) at Deception Island, Antarctica▿

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: García-Peña, F. J., Pérez-Boto, D., Jiménez, C., San Miguel, E., Echeita, A., Rengifo-Herrera, C., García-Párraga, D., Ortega-Mora, L. M., Pedraza-Díaz, S.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2010
• Subjects: Public Health Microbiology; Antarctic; Deception Island; The Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Antarctica; Arctocephalus gazella; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2935042; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20639356; https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00316-10

The presence of Campylobacter spp. was investigated in 41 Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) and 9 Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) at Deception Island, Antarctica. Infections were encountered in six Antarctic fur seals. The isolates, the first reported from marine mammals in the Antarctic region, were identified as Campylobacter insulaenigrae and Campylobacter lari.