Candida albicans and C. tropicalis Isolates from the Expired Breathes of Captive Dolphins and Their Environments in an Aquarium
Table 2
Dolphins and pathogenic yeasts isolates.
Dolphin no.
Name
Animal species
Remarks
Aug. 2006
Feb. 2007
Sex
age at feb. 2007
No. of
Fungal
No. of
Fungal
(Death record)
colonies
species
colonies
species
1
Gon
FKW
F
Approx. 30
16
C. tropicalis
1
C. albicans
2
Sky
BD
M
7
12
C. tropicalis
59
C. tropicalis
3
Sami
IOBD
F
7
9
C. albicans
2
C. albicans
4
Fuji
BD
F
Approx. 36
1
C. albicans
1
C. albicans
5
Kana
F1
F
9 (died at 21, Aug. 2006)
225
C. tropicalis
ND
ND
6
Oki
IOBD
F
Approx. 33
4
C. glabrata
6
C. glabrata
7
Okigon-4
FKW
F
Approx. 12
407
C. tropicalis
None
—
8
Kama-2
PWD
M
Unknown
None
—
None
—
9
Cony
F1
F
17
2
C. albicans
23
C. albicans
10
Chao
F1
M
11
601
C. tropicalis
428
C. tropicalis
11
Kuro
IOBD
M
Approx. 35
13
C. albicans
2
C. albicans
12
Okigon-1
FKW
M
Approx. 11
None
—
None
—
13
Larf
RTD
M
Unknown (died at 3, Apr. 2008)
2
C. albicans
26
C. albicans
14
Okigon-3
FKW
F
Approx. 35 (died at 15, Jan. 2008)
291
C. tropicalis
2425
C. tropicalis
15
Muku
IOBD
M
Approx. 35
None
—
None
—
16
Dan
IOBD
M
Approx. 38
20
C. albicans
None
—
17
Poi
IOBD
M
Approx. 35
1
C. albicans
None
—
18
Chura
FKW
F
6 (died at 24, Dec. 2007)
None
—
None
—
19
Momo
FKW
F
Approx. 4
None
—
None
—
20
Kama-1
PWD
F
Unknown
None
—
None
—
FKW: False killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens), BD: Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), IOBD: Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus), PWD: Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens), F1: F1 offspring between BD and IOBD, RTD: Rough-toothed dolphin (Steno bredanensis), Approx.: Approximately, *; total numbers of colonies obtained from 2 CHROMagar Candida and 2 CPDA plates. Dolphin number. 5 was died of enterocolitis and pneumonia, and numbers 13, 14 and 18 were of pneumonia caused by bacterial infections.
