Contamination of shellfish with strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and specific bacteriophages.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its corresponding bacteriophages were sought in oysters and mussels throughout 1973.  Forty-eight percent of the oysters and 74% of the mussels examined during the last half of the year contained P. aeruginosa; serotype P3 was predominant.  The percentage of oysters contaminated by bacteriophages active on P. aeruginosa increased throughout the year, from 0 to 4% between January and May to 69% in November.  We were unable to establish a significant relationship between the presence of the bacterium and that of its specific bacteriophages in the shellfish.
D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D049872:Bivalvia; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005602:France; D010125:Ostreidae; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012621:Seasons; D012703:Serotyping; D012758:Shellfish