Research Article

Diversity of Aerobic Bacteria Isolated from Oral and Cloacal Cavities from Free-Living Snakes Species in Costa Rica Rainforest

Table 1

Bacteria isolates from oral and cloacal cavities of Bothrops asper (Ba), Bothriechis schlegelii (Bs), Leptodeira septentrionalis (Ls), Sibon longifrenis (Sl), Oxyrhopus petolarius (Op), Oxybelis brevirostris (Ob), and Imantodes cenchoa (Ic) analyzed and identified by VITEK biochemical approach and SeqMatch algorithm (RDP database). Isolates that were not sequenced are denoted with ND (no data).

IsolateBacterial identification (VITEK %)SeqMatch identification (%)Family

BaC3280Aeromonas hydrophila (98)Aeromonas hydrophila (100)Aeromonadaceae
OpO3329Bordetella hinzii (99)NDAlcaligenaceae
OpC3328Achromobacter xylosoxidans (96)Achromobacter xylosoxidans (94)Alcaligenaceae
BaO2767Bacillus megaterium (90)Bacillus megaterium (100)Bacillaceae
LsO2847Bacillus cereus (97)Staphylococcus sp. (87)Bacillaceae
IcO2956Bacillus licheniformis (89)Bacillus cereus (100)Bacillaceae
BsC2959Bacillus subtilis (87)Bacillus licheniformis (100)Bacillaceae
IcC3322Bacillus mycoides (95)NDBacillaceae
BaO2749Pantoea sp.(98)Citrobacter sp. (96)Enterobacteriaceae
SlC2883Escherichia coli (88)Citrobacter freundii (97)Enterobacteriaceae
LsC2848Morganella morganii morganii (99)Citrobacter sp. (90)Enterobacteriaceae
BsO2917Serratia marcescens (99)Serratia sp. (96)Enterobacteriaceae
IcC2910Enterococcus faecalis (99)NDEnterobacteriaceae
IcO2913Hafnia alvei (99)NDEnterobacteriaceae
LsC2975Citrobacter freundii (99)Kluyvera ascorbata (98)Enterobacteriaceae
BaO2743Providencia rettgeri (99)NDEnterobacteriaceae
BaC2744Salmonella enterica diarizonae (97)NDEnterobacteriaceae
BaC3287Serratia liquefaciens (99)NDEnterobacteriaceae
BaC3290Citrobacter braakii (99)NDEnterobacteriaceae
BsC2920Yokenella regensburgei (95)Yokenella regensburgei (86)Enterobacteriaceae
IcC3357Proteus hauseri (94)NDEnterobacteriaceae
OpC3327Raoultella ornithinolytica (94)NDEnterobacteriaceae
SlO2982Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (99)Citrobacter sp. (95)Flavobacteraceae
BsO3055Kocuria kristinae (94)NDMicrococcaceae
SlO3051Micrococcus luteus (97)Microbacterium sp.(97)Micrococcaceae
BaO3269Kocuria varians (96)Kocuria palustris (91)Micrococcaceae
OpC3324Kocuria rhizophila (99)Kocuria rhizophila (95)Micrococcaceae
SlO2981Acinetobacter lwoffii (89)Halomonas johnsoniae (94)Moraxellaceae
BsC2971Paenibacillus glucanolyticus (96)Paenibacillus glucanolyticus (99)Paenibacillaceae
SlO2980Pseudomonas fluorescens (90)Pseudomonas fluorescens (94)Pseudomonaceae
BsO3054Pseudomonas putida (99)Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (75)Pseudomonaceae
BaO3286Rhizobium radiobacter (99)Rhizobium radiobacter (91)Rhizobiaceae
BaC3354Sphingomonas paucimobilis (86)NDSphingomonadaceae
SlO2914Staphylococcus saprophyticus (99)Paenibacillus sp. (98)Staphylococcaceae
BaO2955Staphylococcus kloosii (99)Staphylococcus sp. (99)Staphylococcaceae
SlC3049Staphylococcus xylosus (91)Staphylococcus xylosus (99)Staphylococcaceae
BsO2775Staphylococcus sciuri (97)Staphylococcus sciuri (98)Staphylococcaceae
BaC3263Staphylococcus arlettae (99)Staphylococcus arlettae (82)Staphylococcaceae
BsC2770Staphylococcus warneri (93)Staphylococcus pasteuri (99)Staphylococcaceae
SlC2885Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (99)NDXanthomonadaceae