Host and Water Microbiota Are Differentially Linked to Potential Human Pathogen Accumulation in Oysters.

ABSTRACT: Oysters play an important role in coastal ecology and are a globally popular seafood source. However, their filter-feeding lifestyle enables coastal pathogens, toxins, and pollutants to accumulate in their tissues, potentially endangering human health. While pathogen concentrations in coastal waters are often linked to environmental conditions and runoff events, these do not always correlate with pathogen concentrations in oysters. Additional factors related to the microbial ecology of pathogenic bacteria and their relationship with oyster hosts likely play a role in accumulation but are poorly understood. In this study, we investigated whether microbial communities in water and oysters were linked to accumulation of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus, or fecal indicator bacteria.

SUBMITTER: Diner RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10370324 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature