Occurrence of Vibrio vulnificus in mussel farms from the Varano lagoon environment

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-449

  Beneduce, L ^a   Vernile, A ^a   Spano, G ^a   Massa, S ^a   Lamacchia, F ^a   Oliver, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

aquaculture; mussel; Vibrio vulnificus; waterborne pathogens

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; LAKES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

BIVALVE MOLLUSCS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GARGANO PENINSULA; HUMAN PATHOGENS; MUSSEL; MUSSEL FARM; SAMPLING STATIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER-BORNE PATHOGENS;

PATHOGENS;

GENOMIC DNA; WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIVALVE; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LAGOON; MUSSEL CULTURE; PATHOGEN; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY; SEAFOOD;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE; ITALY; LAGOON; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALINITY; SAMPLING; SEA FOOD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

FOGGIA; ITALY; PUGLIA; VARANO LAGOON;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 77956632619     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02917.x     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Baffone, W., Pianetti, A., Bruscolini, F., Barbieri, E. Citterio, B. (1999) Occurrence and expression of virulence related properties of Vibrio species isolated from widely consumed seafood products. Int J Food Microbiol 54, 9 18.
2. Barbieri, E., Falzano, L., Fiorentini, C., Pianetti, A., Baffone, W., Fabbri, A., Matarrese, P., Casiere, A. et al. (1999) Occurrence, diversity and pathogenicity of halophilic Vibrio spp. and non-O1 Vibrio cholerae from estuarine waters along the Italian Adriatic coast. Appl Environ Microbiol 65, 2748 2753.
3. Blake, P.A., Merson, M.H., Weaver, R.E., Hollis, D.G. Heublein, P.C. (1979) Disease caused by a marine Vibrio. Clinical characteristics and epidemiology. New Engl J Med 300, 1 5.
4. Brauns, L.A., Hudson, J.D. Oliver, J.D. (1991) Use of the polymerase chain reaction in detection of culturable and nonculturable Vibrio vulnificus cells. Appl Environ Microbiol 57, 2651 2655.
5. Bryan, F.L. (1980) Epidemiology of foodborne diseases transmitted by fish, shellfish and marine crustaceans in the United States, 1970-1978. J Food Prot 43, 859 876.
6. Cavallo, R.A. Stabili, L. (2002) Presence of vibrios in seawater and Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lam.) from the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Ionian sea). Water Res 36, 3719 3726.
7. Chuang, Y.C., Yuang, C.Y., Liu, C.Y., Lan, C.K. Huang, A.H. (1992) Vibrio vulnificus infection in Taiwan: report of 28 cases and review of clinical manifestations and treatment. Clin Infect Dis 15, 271 276.
8. Colakoglu, F.A., Sarmasik, A. Koseoglu, B. (2006) Occurrence of Vibrio spp. and Aeromonas spp. in shellfish harvested off Dardanelles coast of Turkey. Food Control 17, 648 652.
9. Dalsgaard, I., Høi, L., Siebeling, R.J. Dalsggard, A. (1999) Indole-positive Vibrio vulnificus isolated from disease outbreaks on a Danish eel farm. Dis Aquat Org 26, 187 194.
10. De Paola, A. Jr. , Capers, G.M. Alexander, D. (1994) Densities of Vibrio vulnificus in the intestines of fish from the U.S. Gulf Coast. Appl Environ Microbiol 60, 984 988.
11. Desmarchelier, P.M. (2000) Vibrio. In Encyclopaedia of Food Microbiology ed. Robinson, R., Batt, C. Patel, P. pp. 2237 2242.
12. Harwood, V.J., Gandhi, J.B. Wright, A.C. (2004) Methods for isolation and confirmation of Vibrio vulnificus from oysters and environmental sources: a review. J Microbiol Meth 59, 301 316.
13. Hlady, W.G. Klontz, K.C. (1996) The epidemiology of Vibrio infections in Florida, 1981-1993. J Infect Dis 173, 1176 1183.
14. Høi, L., Larsen, J.L., Dalsgaard, I. Dalsgaard, A. (1998) Occurrence of Vibrio vulnificus biotypes in Danish marine environments. Appl Environ Microbiol 64, 7 13.
15. Huss, H.H., Reilly, A. Embarek, P.K.B. (2000) Prevention and control of hazards in seafood. Food Control 11, 149 156.
16. Huq, A., Small, E.B., West, P.A., Huq, M.I., Rahaman, R. Colwell, R.R. (1983) Ecological relationship between V. cholerae and planktonic crustacean copepods. Appl Environ Microbiol 45, 275 283.
17. Ivanova, E.P., Zhukova, N.V., Gorshkova, N.M. Chaikina, E.L. (2001) Characterization of Aeromonas and Vibrio species isolated from a drinking water reservoir. J Appl Microbiol 90, 919 927.
18. Jaksic, S., Uhitil, S., Petrak, T., Bazluic, D. Karolyi, L.G. (2002) Occurrence of Vibrio spp. in sea fish, shrimps and bivalve molluscs harvested from Adriatic Sea. Food Control 13, 491 493.
19. Kaspar, C.W. Tamplin, M.L. (1993) Effects of temperature and salinity on the survival of Vibrio vulnificus in seawater and shellfish. Appl Environ Microbiol 59, 2425 2429.
20. Kelly, M. (1982) Effect of temperature and salinity on Vibrio (Beneckea) vulnificus occurrence in a gulf coast environment. Appl Environ Microbiol 44, 820 824.
21. Kong, I.S., Bates, T.C., Hülsmann, A., Hassan, H. Oliver, J.D. (2004) Role of catalase and oxyR in the viable but nonculturable state of Vibrio vulnificus. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 50, 133 142.
22. Levin, R.E. (2005) Vibrio vulnificus, a notably lethal human pathogen derived from seafood: a review of its pathogenicity, subspecies characterization and molecular methods of detection. Food Biotechnol 19, 69 94.
23. Lhafi, S.K. Kühne, M. (2007) Occurrence of Vibrio spp. in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) from the German Wadden Sea. Int J Food Microbiol 116, 297 300.
24. Marino, A., Lombardo, L., Crisafi, G., Gugliandolo, C., Nostro, A., Alonzo, V. Maugeri, T.L. (2003) Accumulation and elimination of Vibrio cholerae non-O1, Salmonella typhi, Escherichia coli and Vibrio harveyi by mussels. In Molluscan Shellfish Safety, Proc. 4th Intl. Conf., Santiago de Compostela, June 4-8, 2002 ed. Villalba, A., Reguera, B., Romalde, J.L. Beiras, R. pp. 441 449.
25. Massad, G. Oliver, J.D. (1987) New selective and differential medium for Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio vulnificus. Appl Environ Microbiol 53, 2262 2264.
26. Matté, G.R., Matt, M.H.é., Sato, M.I.Z., Sanchez, P.S., Rivera, I.G. Martins, M.T. (1994) Potentially pathogenic vibrios associated with mussels from a tropical region on the Atlantic coast of Brazil. J Appl Bacteriol 77, 281 287.
27. Maugeri, T.L., Carbone, M., Fera, M.T. Gugliandolo, C. (2006) Detection and differentiation of Vibrio vulnificus in seawater and plankton of a coastal zone of the Mediterranean Sea. Res Microbiol 157, 194 200.
28. Montanari, M.P., Pruzzo, C., Pane, L. Colwell, R.R. (1999) Vibrios associated with plankton in a coastal zone of the Adriatic Sea (Italy). FEMS Microbiol Ecol 29, 241 247.
29. Morris, J.G. Jr. (1988) Vibrio vulnificus a new monster of the deep? Ann Intern Med 109, 261 263.
30. Morris, J.G. Jr. , Wright, A.C., Roberts, D.M., Wood, P.K., Simpson, L.M. Oliver, J.D. (1987) Identification of environmental Vibrio vulnificus isolates with a DNA probe for the cytotoxin-hemolysin gene. Appl Environ Microbiol 53, 193 195.
31. Normanno, G., Parisi, A., Addante, N., Quaglia, N.C., Dambrosio, A., Montagna, C. Chiocco, D. (2006) Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus and microorganisms of fecal origin in mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) sold in the Puglia region (Italy). Int J Food Microbiol 106, 219 222.
32. Oliver, J.D. (1995) The viable but nonculturable state in the human pathogen, Vibrio vulnificus. FEMS Microbiol Lett 133, 203 208.
33. Oliver, J.D. (2006a) Vibrio vulnificus. In Biology of Vibrios ed. Thompson, F.L., Austin, B. Swing, J. pp. 349 366.
34. Oliver, J.D. (2006b) Vibrio vulnificus. In Oceans and Health: Pathogens in the Marine Environment ed. Belkin, S. Colwell, R.R. pp. 253 276.
35. Oliver, J.D. (2009) Recent findings on the viable but nonculturable state in pathogenic bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Rev. DOI:
36. Parisi, A., Normanno, G., Addante, N., Dambrosio, A., Montagna, C.O., Quaglia, N.C., Celano, G.V. Chiocco, D. (2004) Market survey of Vibrio spp. and other microorganism in Italian shellfish. J Food Prot 67, 2284 2287.
37. Park, S.D., Shon, H.S. Joh, N.J. (1991) Vibrio vulnificus septicemia in Korea: clinical and epidemiologic findings in seventy patients. J Am Acad Dermatol 24, 397 403.
38. Parvathi, A., Kumar, H.S., Karunasagar, I. Karunasagar, I. (2004) Detection and enumeration of Vibrio vulnificus in oysters from two estuaries along the southwest coast of India using molecular methods. Appl Environ Microbiol 70, 6909 6913.
39. Pfeffer, C.S., Hite, M.F. Oliver, J.D. (2003) Ecology of Vibrio vulnificus in estuarine waters of eastern North Carolina. Appl Environ Microbiol 69, 3526 3531.
40. Ripabelli, G., Sammarco, M.L., Grasso, G.M., Fanelli, I., Caprioli, A. Luzzi, I. (1999) Occurrence of Vibrio and other pathogenic bacteria in Mytilus galloprovincialis (mussels) harvested from Adriatic Sea, Italy. Int J Food Microbiol 49, 43 48.
41. Rosche, T.M., Yano, Y. Oliver, J.D. (2005) A rapid and simple PCR analysis indicates there are two subgroups of Vibrio vulnificus which correlate with clinical or environmental isolation. Microbiol Immunol 49, 381 389.
42. Rosche, T.M., Binder, E.A. Oliver, J.D. (2010) Vibrio vulnificus genome suggests two distinct ecotypes. Environ Microbiol Rep 2, 128 132.
43. Schintu, M., Meloni, P., Marras, M., Sau, M. Contu, A. (1994) La ricerca di vibrioni alofili come metodologia complementare nella valutazione dei molluschi eduli lamellibranchi. Ig Mod 101, 53 60.
44. Sunén, E., Acebes, M. Fernàndez-Astorga, A. (1995) Occurrence of potentially pathogenic vibrios in bivalve molluscs (mussels and clams) from retail outlets in the north of Spain. J Food Saf 15, 275 281.
45. Urdaci, M.C., Marchand, M. Grimont, P.A.D. (1988) Espèces du genre Vibrio associées aux produits marins du Bassin d'Arcachon. Ann Inst Pasteur Microbiol 139, 351 362.
46. Whitesides, M.D. Oliver, J.D. (1997) Resuscitation of Vibrio vulnificus from the viable but nonculturable state. Appl Environ Microbiol 63, 1002 1005.
47. Wong, H.C., Shen, C.T., Chang, C.N., Lee, Y.S. Oliver, J.D. (2004) Biochemical and virulence characterization of viable but nonculturable cells of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. J Food Prot 67, 2430 2435.
48. Wright, A.C., Hill, R.T., Johnson, J.A., Roghman, M.C., Colwell, R.R. Morris, J.G. Jr. (1996) Distribution of Vibrio vulnificus in the Chesapeake Bay. Appl Environ Microbiol 62, 717 724.