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ERÜ Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathology, Professor. Dr. Latife Çakır Bayram participated in the ‘3rd National Antarctic Scientific Expedition’, carried out under the auspices of the Presidency and under the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry and Technology between January 4 and February 14 of last year. Bayram, who worked with 100 penguins during the expedition, collected samples from the animals’ ocular surfaces. Professor who detected tissue in the right eye of the ‘Gentoo’ penguin in ongoing studies. Dr. Bayram took samples for microbiological and pathological examinations. In the studies carried out in the Microbiology Laboratory of the ERÜ Veterinary Faculty, 5 different bacteria were discovered from the eye injury of one of the penguins. The penguin was determined to be less than 98.75 percent similar to the sequence results found in the ‘Gen Bank’ database, and the 5 bacteria obtained were bacteria with a potential new genus, species or taxon that had not been previously identified in the world.
‘THE BACTERIA WE HAVE ISOLATED ARE NOT YET DEFINED’
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Providing information on the work done, Prof. Dr. Latife Çakır Bayram said: “In Antarctica, we took brush and pressure samples from the eyes of these penguins, including Gentoo, Adelie and Chinstrap, both pathologically and microbiologically with exchange samples. Until now, intraocular pressure and tear tests have never been performed in the world. As a result, we obtained good values both pathologically and microbiologically. Now we have obtained 5 different bacteria in preliminary studies. One of these penguins is on the Isle of Ardey The penguin had a mass in the eye. It seemed to have formed a crust like scar tissue. We have obtained these samples from the Erciyes University Veterinary School in Kayseri, in microbiological studies, which we have obtained that they belong to 5 races, species or different taxonomic groups, because when we matched them in the gene bank, about 98 percent. We saw a similarity. d below 75. This also means Now, the bacteria that we isolated have not yet been classified and identified in the world. Our work is still going on, “he said.
‘WE COLLECT SAMPLES MORE THAN 100 PENGUINS’
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Noting that he worked with many penguins, Prof. Dr. Bayram said: “We took samples from 100 penguins there. We took 5 samples from each penguin. In fact, we got 500 samples. During the sampling, I worked with one of the project teams. belonging to Chile. Team leader Dr. Rafael Medina. Because the penguin needs to have at least 3 people to study, I did my job by being included in this project team in Chile. “I had to have finished my sampling process when they captured a second penguin. I was taking my own samples and collecting my samples during this time. It was really difficult, “he said.
‘WE HAVE ENOUGH SAMPLES’
Referring to the difficulties he faced when sampling penguins, Prof. Dr. Bayram said: “I had serious difficulties taking samples from penguins. They look very cute. They swing, but they are very strong. They swing, but they are very strong. Once again, I was in great danger one day when the weather conditions were very bad. The penguin’s beak almost caught my eye, but it was a millimeter. “I got rid of the drift at the last minute. Normally, you close your eyes to avoid scaring the animal while taking a sample. However, I had difficulties because I took an example of the animal’s eye and it was face to face. Fortunately, we got enough samples. “
