Isolation and Characterization of Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni from Macaroni Penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) in the Subantarctic Region

• Main Authors: Broman, T., Bergström, S., On, S. L. W., Palmgren, H., McCafferty, D. J., Sellin, M., Olsen, B.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2000
• Subjects: Microbial Ecology; Bird Island; Eudyptes chrysolophus
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC91847; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10618265

On Bird Island, South Georgia, albatrosses (n = 140), penguins (n = 100), and fur seals (n = 206) were sampled for Campylobacter jejuni. C. jejuni subsp. jejuni was recovered from three macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus). These isolates, the first reported for the subantarctic region, showed...