Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 10, 2026

Development of a More Sensitive and Specific Chromogenic Agar Medium for the Detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Other Vibrio Species
Published on: November 8, 2016
Temporal Occurrence of Vibrio Species and Aeromonas hydrophila in Estuarine Sediments
1Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32301.
Abstract:
Marine sediments were assayed for their concentration of Vibrio spp. and Aeromonas hydrophila over 1 year. A temporal variation was observed in which A. hydrophila, and to a lesser degree V. fluvialis, were found in the winter months, V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus predominated in the spring and summer, with non-O-1 V. cholerae and V. alginolyticus detected in the late summer and fall. These organisms were found in greatest numbers in the top 5 cm of sediment, but were detectable down to 15 cm. Epidemiological data revealed a predominance of non-O-1 V. cholerae infections at the time the organisms were observed to flourish in the sediments.
Related Concept Videos
Diversity of Protists III
Marine Microbial Ecology
Deep Sea Microbial Ecology
Freshwater Microbial Ecology
Cholera

