Prevalence and diversity of Aeromonas and Vibrio spp. in coastal waters of Southern Italy

A survey was undertaken to examine sea water and sediment for the presence of Vibrio and Aeromonas spp. along approximately 900 km of coast in Southern Italy during early and late summer. A quantitative analysis was also done to evaluate the water fecal contamination at the stations examined. The re...

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Published in:Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases microbiology and infectious diseases, 2000, Vol.23 (1), p.53-72
Main Authors: Dumontet, Stefano, Krovacek, Karel, Svenson, Stefan B., Pasquale, Vincenzo, Baloda, Suraj B., Figliuolo, Giovanni
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aeromonas
Aeromonas - genetics
Aeromonas - growth & development
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Cluster Analysis
Coastal waters
Crustacea - microbiology
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Eaux côtières
Enterobacteriaceae - chemistry
Epidemiology
Fecal microflora
Feces - microbiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Geologic Sediments
Italy
Marine water
Microbial ecology
Microbiology
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Phylogeny
Plancton
Plankton
Seawater - microbiology
Sediments
Various environments (extraatmospheric space, air, water)
Vibrio
Vibrio - genetics
Vibrio - growth & development
Water
Water Microbiology
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Summary:A survey was undertaken to examine sea water and sediment for the presence of Vibrio and Aeromonas spp. along approximately 900 km of coast in Southern Italy during early and late summer. A quantitative analysis was also done to evaluate the water fecal contamination at the stations examined. The results indicate that all the investigated areas were submitted to a wide spatial fluctuation of fecal contamination and that Vibrio and Aeromonas spp. were present in both high and low fecal-contaminated stations. Sixty two percent of the investigated samples were positive for Aeromonas spp., while 42% of samples were positive for Vibrio spp. It was interesting to note that 38% of the positive stations for both Aeromonas and Vibrio spp. showed a fecal coliform contamination of water at
ISSN:0147-9571
1878-1667
DOI:10.1016/S0147-9571(99)00059-4