Year round patchiness of Vibrio vulnificus within a temperate Texas bay.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To investigate with high geographical resolution the small-scale spatial and temporal distribution of the pathogen Vibrio vulnificus throughout the water column in a temperate Texas bay where numerous V. vulnificus infections had been reported by the regional media the previous summer.

Methods and results

Surface and bottom water samples were collected from 19 sites between April 2005 and October 2006 from Matagorda Bay, TX. Physicochemical parameters were measured and V. vulnificus were analysed using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (Q-PCR) as a means of overcoming constraints of traditional culturing techniques. V. vulnificus was detected through out the year, although its temporal and spatial distribution was patchy. V. vulnificus abundances at individual site

SUBMITTER: Franco SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3293253 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature