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Environmental MicrobiologyVolume 14, Issue 12 p. 3289-3289 RetractionFree Access Retraction This article retracts the following: Retracted Geographical variation in cloacal microflora and bacterial antibiotic resistance in a threatened avian scavenger in relation to diet and livestock farming practices Guillermo Blanco, Jesús A. Lemus, Javier Grande, Laura Gangoso, Juan M. Grande, José A. Donázar, Bernardo Arroyo, Oscar Frías, Fernando Hiraldo, Volume 9Issue 7Environmental Microbiology pages: 1738-1749 First Published online: April 25, 2007 First published: 04 December 2012 https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12026AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL The following article from Environmental Microbiology, ‘Geographical variation in cloacal microflora and bacterial antibiotic resistance in a threatened avian scavenger in relation to diet and livestock farming practices’ by Guillermo Blanco, Jesús A. Lemus, Javier Grande, Laura Gangoso, Juan M. Grande, José A. Donázar, Bernardo Arroyo, Oscar Frías and Fernando Hiraldo published in Environmental Microbiology 9(7): 1738–1749, and online ahead of print on 25 April 2007, doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01291.x, has been retracted by agreement between Guillermo Blanco, José A. Donázar, Fernando Hiraldo, Óscar Frías, Laura Gangoso, Juan M. Grande, Felix Martínez, Bernardo Arroyo, the journal Editor-in-Chief Kenneth N. Timmis, and Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The retraction has been agreed because: There are doubts about the validity of the results on bacterial flora composition and antibiotic resistances (Table 1, Fig. 1–6), on which the main conclusions of the article were based. The authors were unable to repeat the analyses presented in the article with the same cloacal swab samples, given the likelihood of changes in the microbial compositions of the samples with time. Additionally, the authors were unable to identify Javier Grande. The authors hope to attempt determining the reliability of the results and hypotheses stated in the paper by using additional samples collected in the future. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience to the readership of Environmental Microbiology. Reference Blanco, G., Lemus, J.A., Grande, J., Gangoso, L., Grande, J.M., Donázar, J.A., Arroyo, B., Frías, O. and Hiraldo, F. (2007) Geographical variation in cloacal microflora and bacterial antibiotic resistance in a threatened avian scavenger in relation to diet and livestock farming practices. Environ Microbiol, doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01291.x. Volume14, Issue12December 2012Pages 3289-3289 ReferencesRelatedInformation