TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantification of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio cholerae in French Mediterranean coastal lagoons
JF - Research in Microbiology
Y1 - 2013
A1 - Cantet, Franck
A1 - Hervio-Heath, Dominique
A1 - Caro, Audrey
A1 - Le Mennec, Cécile
A1 - Monteil, Caroline
A1 - Quéméré, Catherine
A1 - Jolivet-Gougeon, Anne
A1 - Rita R Colwell
A1 - Monfort, Patrick
AB - Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio cholerae are human pathogens. Little is known about these Vibrio spp. in the coastal lagoons of France. The purpose of this study was to investigate their incidence in water, shellfish and sediment of three French Mediterranean coastal lagoons using the most probable number-polymerase chain reaction (MPN-PCR). In summer, the total number of V. parahaemolyticus in water, sediment, mussels and clams collected from the three lagoons varied from 1 to >1.1 × 103 MPN/l, 0.09 to 1.1 × 103 MPN/ml, 9 to 210 MPN/g and 1.5 to 2.1 MPN/g, respectively. In winter, all samples except mussels contained V. parahaemolyticus, but at very low concentrations. Pathogenic (tdh- or trh2-positive) V. parahaemolyticus were present in water, sediment and shellfish samples collected from these lagoons. The number of V. vulnificus in water, sediment and shellfish samples ranged from 1 to 1.1 × 103 MPN/l, 0.07 to 110 MPN/ml and 0.04 to 15 MPN/g, respectively, during summer. V. vulnificus was not detected during winter. V. cholerae was rarely detected in water and sediment during summer. In summary, results of this study highlight the finding that the three human pathogenic Vibrio spp. are present in the lagoons and constitute a potential public health hazard.
VL - 164
UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S092325081300106X
CP - 8
J1 - Research in Microbiology
M3 - 10.1016/j.resmic.2013.06.005
ER -