GASTROINTESTINAL MICROFLORA OF ANTARCTIC BIRDS

Gastrointestinal microflora of antarctic birds.

Most of the information on the gastrointestinal microflora of antarctic birds was obtained during the great decade of South-Polar exploration following the turn of the century. The report of Levin (1899) that bacteria could not be found in the intestines of arctic birds at Spitzbergen prompted similar studies by the naturalists and ship's physicians on the Antarctic expeditions. Ekel6f (1908) o...

Gastrointestinal bacteria of certain Antarctic birds and mammals.

An investigation was carried out of the aerobic gram-negative intestinal flora of 158 penguins, 30 skuas, and 66 seals from the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic zones and Phillip Island. Among penguins and seals, 17% and 11%, respectively, were devoid of aerobic enteric organisms, but microscopic examination showed the presence of other bacteria. The coliforms outnumbered the paracolons and nonlacto...

Gastrointestinal microflora of mutton birds (Puffinus tenuirostris) in relation to "limy" disease.

Mushin, Rose (University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) and Frances M. Ashburner. Gastrointestinal microflora of mutton birds (Puffinus tenuirostris) in relation to "limy" disease. J. Bacteriol. 83:1260-1267. 1962.-The aerobic bacterial intestinal flora of mutton birds, healthy and affected with "limy" disease, was investigated, mainly in birds from Great Dog Island, Bass Strait, Australia....

Publications and Theses on Antarctic and Sub-antarctic Birds, 1999

Gastrointestinal microflora studies in late-onset autism.

Some cases of late-onset (regressive) autism may involve abnormal flora because oral vancomycin, which is poorly absorbed, may lead to significant improvement in these children. Fecal flora of children with regressive autism was compared with that of control children, and clostridial counts were higher. The number of clostridial species found in the stools of children with autism was greater th...