Intestine Bacterial Composition of the Chromosomal forms of genus Nannospalax and Comparison of Some Rodent Species

Abstract

In this study, five selected different rodent species, Meriones tristrami (karyotype 2n=72 from Mardin/Turkey), Nannospalax ehrenbergi (karyotype 2n=52 from Diyarbakir/Turkey and Mosul/Iraq), Nannospalax nehringi (karyotype 2n = 60 from Sivas/Turkey), Rattus rattus (karyotype 2n=42 from Diyarbakir/Turkey), Sciurus anomalus (karyotype 2n=40 from Bingol/Turkey) were studied in respect to bacterial species. The results showed the presence of two types of bacteria Pantoea agglomerans and Serratia liquefaciens in intestine Nannospalax ehrenbergi and N. nehringi; as bacterial species isolated Aeromonas hydrophila and Klebsiella oxytoca from intestine Meriones tristrami and Rattus rattus. Salmonella choleraesuis is also found in R. rattus . The bacterial species isolated Klebsiella oxytoca and Salmonella choleraesuis from intestine Sciurus anomalus . It is the first study of its kind in the detection of bacterial species present in specific types of rodents.