Abstract
Microflora in the contents of gastrointestine of soft-shelled turtle Trionyx sinensis was investigated using 7 different agar media. Citrobacter freundi, Edwardsiella tarda, Aeromonas hydrophil, Plesiomonas shigelloides, Streptococcus faecalis were prdominant, and total viable counts ranged from 107g-1 to 108g-1, in the stomach and small intestine. In the large intestine, obligate anaerobes, Bacteroidaceae and Clostridium, also predominated in addition to facultative anaerobes. Total viable cuntds ranged from 109g-1 to 1010g-1. In the diet, Bacillus, Flavobacterium, Micrococcus and Clostridium were predominant; the total viable count was 103g-1.
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