Figure 1.
The carcasses of some male sub-Antarctic fur seals at a section of Fur Seal Peninsula at Marion Island.
Photo taken three weeks after the die-off event by PJN de Bruyn.
Figure 2.
Bacterial 16S gene neighbor-joining phylogram depicting the genetic relatedness of the Streptococcus species in Marion mice kidneys (indicated in bold) to other Streptococcus species, including those identified in pinnipeds (indicated in grey shading).
Bootstrap support values >50 are indicated next to the relevant nodes and taxon names comprise Genbank number, bacterial species, type specimen/strain information (where available) followed by host and/or disease information in brackets.