Researchers Make Breakthrough in Detecting Most Common Bacteria Contaminating Oysters

Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 08:30 in Biology & Nature

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have discovered a new method to detect a bacterium that has contaminated New England oyster beds and sickened consumers who ate the contaminated shellfish. The new detection method is a significant advance in efforts to identify shellfish harboring disease-carrying strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

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