PMID- 8800550
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19961203
LR  - 20191024
IS  - 0147-9571 (Print)
IS  - 0147-9571 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 3
DP  - 1996 Jun
TI  - Ecological relationship between Aeromonas and Vibrio spp. and planktonic copepods 
      in the coastal marine environment in southern Italy.
PG  - 245-54
AB  - The colonisation of planktonic copepod integument by bacteria belonging to the 
      family of Vibrionaceae is a well described phenomenon. In this study, besides 
      reporting on the occurrence of Vibrionaceae and other enteropathogens, we further 
      report on the bacterial attachment to the Estuarine copepod Acartia margalefi in 
      a faecal polluted coastal lagoon near Naples, Southern Italy. In addition, we 
      also performed a laboratory experiment to study the ability of 7 bacterial 
      strains (Vibrio cholerae non-Ol, V. mimicus, V. parahaemolyticus, V. 
      alginolyticus, Aeromonas hydrophila, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas sp.) to 
      colonise the copepod integument. For this laboratory study, 4 different species 
      of copepods, namely Temora stylifera, A. clausi, Centropages typicus and 
      Paracalanus parvus sampled from the Gulf of Naples (Southern Italy) were used. 
      Scanning electron microscope (SEM) studies on the copepods sampled from the 
      lagoon indicated that the bacterial attachment on the integument of Acartia 
      margalefi was mainly on the ventro-lateral body region of the host and in the 
      joints of the thoracic segments, as well as on the swimming and feeding 
      appendages. This infestation, made by rod-like bacteria, was absent in winter but 
      reached peak values of 70% frequency in June. The laboratory studies showed that 
      while V. cholerae non-O1 and A. hydrophila attached on live and dead copepods, 
      respectively, the V. parahaemolyticus, V. alginolyticus, V. mimicus, E. coli and 
      Pseudomonas sp. failed to colonise either live or dead copepods. Thus, this study 
      provides further valuable information about the ecological relationship between 
      different microorganisms (pathogens) and copepods in the coastal marine 
      environment in Southern Italy.
FAU - Dumontet, S
AU  - Dumontet S
AD  - Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy.
FAU - Krovacek, K
AU  - Krovacek K
FAU - Baloda, S B
AU  - Baloda SB
FAU - Grottoli, R
AU  - Grottoli R
FAU - Pasquale, V
AU  - Pasquale V
FAU - Vanucci, S
AU  - Vanucci S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis
JT  - Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases
JID - 7808924
SB  - IM
MH  - *Aeromonas
MH  - Animals
MH  - Crustacea/*microbiology
MH  - *Ecology
MH  - Italy
MH  - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning/veterinary
MH  - *Seawater
MH  - *Vibrio
MH  - *Water Microbiology
EDAT- 1996/06/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/06/01 00:01
CRDT- 1996/06/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/06/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/06/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/06/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 0147957196000124 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/0147-9571(96)00012-4 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 1996 Jun;19(3):245-54. doi: 
      10.1016/0147-9571(96)00012-4.