Figure 1.
Representative microbial flora cultured from C. a. bishopi on three different media.
Swabs from injured (or uninjured control) tissues of six adult hellbenders were streaked onto three different microbiological culture media: Sheep's blood agar (A–G), Mannitol Salt Agar (H), and Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (I). * Indicates uninjured control sample.
Table 1.
Bacteria identified on Blood Agar.
Table 2.
Bacteria identified on Mannitol Salt Agar.
Table 3.
Fungi identified on Blood Agar.
Table 4.
Fungi identified on Mannitol Salt Agar.
Table 5.
Fungi identified on Sabouraud Dextrose Agar.
Figure 2.
Representative samples of normal and abnormal lesions on Ozark Hellbenders, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi.
All individuals sampled were captured from the North Fork of the White River, Ozark County, Missouri on 17 August 2007. A shows a normal left back foot (NFWR 138), B shows lesion on palm of right back foot (NFWR 136), C shows lesion on toes of left front foot (NFWR 136), D shows lesion on right back limb with all toes missing (NFWR 135), E shows lesion on right back limb with all toes missing (NFWR 139), and F shows lesion on lower lip (NFWR 139).
Table 6.
Ozark Hellbenders, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi, captured and swabbed for microbial flora from the North Fork of the White River, Ozark County, Missouri on 17 August 2007.