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Incidence of urea-hydrolyzing Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Willapa Bay, Washington
C A Kaysner1, C Abeyta, R F Stott
1Seafood Products Research Center, Food and Drug Administration, Bothell, Washington 98041-3012.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
A high incidence (71.5%) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus was found in samples of water, oysters, and sediment from a Washington State estuary which produces a significant amount of commercial product. Strains of V. parahaemolyticus capable of hydrolyzing urea comprised 58.4% of all V. parahaemolyticus isolates tested. Values for fecal coliforms were within certification criteria for commercial harvest and were not correlated with levels of V. parahaemolyticus.