Simple Summary Sea turtles are currently endangered due to several factors, including
infectious and parasitic pathogens. Opportunistic and pathogenic bacteria are largely …

Simple Summary Sea Turtles have a unique immune system, which evolved over millions of
years in the persistent host-pathogen arms race. As this species occupies a unique …

Sea turtles can be considered a sentinel species for monitoring the health of marine
ecosystems, acting, at the same time, as a carrier of microorganisms. Indeed, sea turtles can …

Sea turtles have been proposed as health indicators of marine habitats and carriers of
antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains, for their longevity and migratory lifestyle. Up to now, a …

Marine and estuarine environments are often affected by microbiological contamination that
adversely affects their use and severely impacts human health. To examine the influence of …

Simple Summary In recent years, a growing interest has been devoted to the bacterial
characterization of marine plastic debris. So far, a few publications have explored the …

Simple Summary Gram negative organisms are frequently isolated from Caretta caretta and
may contribute to the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance. In this study, commensal …

Sea turtles are useful sentinels to monitor the dissemination of antimicrobial resistance
(AMR) in the marine coastal ecosystems. Forty Gram negative bacteria were isolated from …

Seawater could be considered a reservoir of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic
resistance genes. In this communication, we evaluated the presence of bacterial strains in …

Simple Summary Evaluation of the respiratory system is a critical aspect of sea turtle
medicine due to their peculiar anatomy. The location of the lungs under the carapace makes …