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Table 8 The sandfly gut bacteria before and after blood feeding on R. opimus

From: Aerobic bacterial flora of biotic and abiotic compartments of a hyperendemic Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ZCL) focus

Collection site

Immediately after collection

No

24 hrs after blood feeding

No

Rodent colony

Proteus mirabilis

1

Proteus mirabilis

1

Pseudomonas geniculata

5

Pseudomonas geniculata

3

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

4

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

1

Staphylococcus aureus

9

Staphylococcus aureus

4

Staphylococcus epidermidis

4

Staphylococcus epidermidis

1

Enterobacter ludwigii

1

Enterobacter ludwigii

2

Bacillus subtilis subsp spizizenii

1

Bacillus subtilis subsp spizizenii

1

Acinetobacter calcoaceticus

1

Bacillus cereus group

1

Alcaligenes faecalis

1

Bacillus licheniformis

1

Microbacterium sediminis

1

Streptomyces roseofulvus

1

Staphylococcus warneri

1

[Brevibacterium] frigoritolerans

1

Bacillus mojavensis

1

Citrobacter murliniae

1

Staphylococcus succinus

1

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

1

Microbacterium paraoxydans

1

---

---

Exiguobacterium indicum

1

---

---

Enterococcus gallinarum

2

---

---

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1

---

---

Bacillus flexus

1

---

---

Total

37

Total

19

Cattle farm

Pantoea ananatis

3

Pantoea ananatis

1

Pseudomonas geniculata

3

Pseudomonas geniculata

6

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

2

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

3

Citrobacter murliniae

1

Citrobacter murliniae

1

Staphylococcus aureus

5

Staphylococcus aureus

1

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

10

Bacillus vallismortis

1

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

1

Escherichia coli

1

---

---

Bacillus endophyticus

1

---

---

Enterobacter ludwigii

1

---

---

Terribacillus aidingensis

1

---

---

Planomicrobium glaciei

1

---

---

Bacillus mojavensis

1

---

---

Staphylococcus hominis

1

---

---

Acinetobacter baumannii

2

---

---

Bacillus cereus group

1

---

---

Total

26

Total

23

  1. Bold and non-bold spp indicate identical and non-identical isolates respectively. The collection sites were in the Abbas-abad village of Bad-rood city.