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Seasonal distribution of total and pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Chesapeake Bay oysters and waters
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Parveen, S and Hettiarachchi, KA and Bowers, JC and Nordstrom, JL and Tamplin, ML and McKay, R and Beatty, W and Brohawn, K and DaSilva, LV and DePaola, A, Seasonal distribution of total and pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Chesapeake Bay oysters and waters, International Journal of Food Microbiology, 128, (2) pp. 354-361. ISSN 0168-1605 (2008) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.09.019
Abstract
The objectives of this study were to investigate the seasonal distribution of total and pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the Chesapeake Bay oysters and waters, and to determine the degree of association between V. parahaemolyticus densities and selected environmental parameters. Oyster and water samples were collected monthly from three sites in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland from November 2004 through October 2005. During collection of samples, water temperature, salinity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, pH, chlorophyll a, and fecal coliform levels in oysters were also determined. V. parahaemolyticus levels were enumerated by a quantitative direct-plating method followed by DNA colony hybridization; presence/absence was further determined by overnight broth enrichment followed by either standard colony isolation or real-time PCR. The thermolabile hemolysin (tlh) gene and thermostable direct hemolysin (tdh) gene were targeted for detection of total and pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus, respectively, for both direct plating and enrichment. The thermostable related hemolysin (trh) gene, which is a presumptive pathogenicity marker, was targeted only for the enrichment approach. By direct plating, colonies producing tlh signals were detected in 79% of oyster samples at densities ranging from 1.5 × 101 to 6.0 × 102 CFU/g. Pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus (tdh+) was detected in 3% (level was 10 CFU/g) of oyster samples while no V. parahaemolyticus was detected in water samples. By the enrichment approach with standard colony isolation, 67% of oyster and 55% of water samples (n = 33) were positive for total V. parahaemolyticus, and all samples were negative for pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus. In contrast, enrichment followed by real-time PCR detected tlh, tdh and trh in 100%, 20% and 40% of oyster and 100%, 13% and 40% of water enrichments collected from June to October 2005, respectively. V. parahaemolyticus densities in oysters varied seasonally and were found to be positively correlated with water temperature, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen. © 2008 Elsevier B.V.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Microbiology |
Research Field: | Infectious agents |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Food safety |
UTAS Author: | Tamplin, ML (Professor Mark Tamplin) |
ID Code: | 53397 |
Year Published: | 2008 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 131 |
Deposited By: | Agricultural Science |
Deposited On: | 2008-12-04 |
Last Modified: | 2009-04-06 |
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