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SUBMITTER: Rengifo-Herrera C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3067219 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Applied and environmental microbiology 20101217 4
The presence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in 221 fecal samples from different species of Antarctic pinnipeds was investigated by immunofluorescence microscopy and PCR. Cryptosporidium, a skunk-like genotype, was detected only in a southern elephant seal. Giardia was not detected. This is the first report of a Cryptosporidium sp. in Antarctic marine mammals. ...[more]