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Table 1 Results of Nested-PCRs and cultures on eye swabs from healthy and diseased tortoises and turtles

From: Conjunctival flora of clinically normal and diseased turtles and tortoises

Sample	Species	Tortoise	Turtle	Clinical signs	*Chlamydia* PCR	*Mycoplasma* PCR	Gram positive isolates*								Gram negative isolates ^§														*Candida* spp.
Sample	Species	Tortoise	Turtle	Clinical signs	*Chlamydia* PCR	*Mycoplasma* PCR	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V
1	T. graeca	X		None			+		+
10	T. graeca	X		Conjunctivitis	+		+							+
11	T. hosfieldi	X		Conjunctivitis		+								+
13	T. graeca	X		None						+													+
14	T. hermanni	X		Conjunctivitis			+							+
15	T. graeca	X		None		+	+																						+
16	T. graeca	X		None			+							+															+
17	T. graeca	X		None			+							+
18	T. graeca	X		Weakeness		+	+	+						+
19	T. hermanni	X		None			+						+				+
20	T. hermanni	X		None			+						+				+										+
21	T. hermanni	X		None			+						+
22	T. hermanni	X		None			+						+												+	+
24	T. graeca	X		None									+								+
25	T. marginata	X		None			+							+
26	T. hermanni	X		None										+					+
33	T. hermanni	X		None			+							+
34	T. hermanni	X		None										+
2	T. scripta		X	None		+																				+
3	T. scripta		X	None																						+
4	T. scripta		X	None		+																				+
5	P. subrufa		X	None		+									+
6	E. subglobosa		X	None		+									+	+
7	T. scripta		X	None															+
8	T. scripta		X	None															+							+
9	T. scripta		X	None																+								+
12	T. scripta		X	None											+
23	T. scripta		X	Conjunctivitis							+							+
27	T. scripta		X	None								+										+
28	T. scripta		X	None																						+
29	T. scripta		X	None																				+
30	T. scripta		X	None		+									+	+
31	T. scripta		X	None											+
32	Pseudemys spp.		X	None																			+

*Gram positive isolates: A=Bacillus spp.; B=Kocuria varians/rosea; C=Staphylococcus aureus; D=Staphylococcus auricularis; E=Staphylococcus haemolyticus; F=Staphylococcus lentus; G=Staphylococcus sciuri; H=Staphylococcus xylosus.
^§Gram negative isolates: I=Aeromonas hydrophila/caviae; J=Citrobacter freundii; K=Enterobacter cloacae; L=Morganella morganii; M=Ochrobactrum anthropic; N=Pasteurella multocida; O=Pasteurella pneumotropica/ haemolytica; P=Proteus spp.; Q=Pseudomonas luteola; R=Pseudomonas putida; S=Salmonella enterica ssp. arizonae; T=Sphingomonas paucimobilis; U=Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; V=Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

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