Isolation and characterization of four novel Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteriophages from oysters.

ABSTRACT: Vibrio parahaemolyticus (VP) is a bacterial pathogen found in brackish and marine water that infects many marine organisms, such as oysters and shrimp. Consumption of raw or undercooked seafood contaminated with V. parahaemolyticus is a primary cause of seafood-borne gastroenteritis in humans. Due to increasing ocean temperatures, V. parahaemolyticus contamination of oyster beds in the United States has spread up the east and west coasts to the northern-most states. Promising new research is exploring the isolation of bacteriophages against V. parahaemolyticus with a long-term goal to possibly decontaminate oyster beds, thereby expanding the harvest season and allowing for safer consumption of seafood. In this study, store-bought oysters harvested from the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia were u

SUBMITTER: Aldaroub J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12747347 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature