Culturable aerobic and facultative anaerobic intestinal bacterial flora of black cobra (Naja naja karachiensis) in southern Pakistan

Authors

Junaid Iqbal, Aga Khan University
Mehwish Sagheer, Aga Khan University
Nazneen Tabassum, Aga Khan University
Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui, Aga Khan University
Naveed Ahmed Khan, Aga Khan University

Document Type

Article

Department

Biological and Biomedical Sciences; Paediatrics and Child Health

Abstract

Using morphological analysis and biochemical testing, here for the first time, we determined the culturable gut bacterial flora (aerobes and facultative anaerobes) in the venomous Black Cobra (Naja naja karachiensis) from South Asia. The findings revealed that these snakes inhabit potentially pathogenic bacteria including Serratia marcescens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shewanella putrefaciens, Aeromonas hydrophila, Salmonella sp., Moraxella sp., Bacillus sp., Ochrobactrum anthropi, and Providencia rettgeri. These findings are of concern, as injury from snake bite can result in wound infections and tissue necrosis leading to sepsis/necrotizing fasciitis and/or expose consumers of snake meat/medicine in the community to infections.

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Publication (Name of Journal)

ISRN Veterinary Science

Recommended Citation

Iqbal, J., Sagheer, M., Tabassum, N., Siddiqui, R., Khan, N. A. (2014). Culturable aerobic and facultative anaerobic intestinal bacterial flora of black cobra (Naja naja karachiensis) in southern Pakistan. ISRN Veterinary Science, 2014, 878479.
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