A One-Year Systematic Study to Assess the Microbiological Profile in Oysters from a Commercial Harvesting Area in Portugal

• Published in: Microorganisms
• Main Authors: Rodrigues, Inês C., Santos-Ferreira, Nânci, Silva, Daniela, da Silva, Carla Chiquelho, Inácio, Ângela S., Nascimento, Maria São José, da Costa, Paulo Martins
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2023
• Subjects: Article; Mira; Pacific; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9965842/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36838302; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11020338

As filter-feeding animals farmed in water bodies exposed to anthropogenic influences, oysters can be both useful bioremediators and high-risk foodstuffs, considering that they are typically consumed raw. Understanding the dynamic of bacterial and viral load in Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) tiss...