Occurrence and distribution of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and related organisms in the Arabian Sea

Abstract

The occurrence and distribution of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and related organisms were studied from offshore water samples (Lat. 10 degrees N and Long. 65 degrees to 69 degrees E) collected at 5, 10, 50, 100, 200 and 500 m depths and in the surface water samples of Minicoy lagoon during January, 1982. V. parahaemolyticus like organisms contributed upto 94.4% of total viable counts in the offshore stations and 5.3% in lagoon stations. Although typical V. parahaemolyticus were not recorded from the open ocean, in the lagoon waters their density ranged from 0.002 to 0.66% of the total viable counts