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Latitudinal Dynamics of Vibrio along the Eastern Coastline of Australia

Researchers mapped Vibrio bacterial abundance and diversity along 4000 km of Australia's eastern coastline using amplicon sequencing and quantitative PCR, finding that sea surface temperature was the strongest predictor of Vibrio community composition and pathogen abundance. Warmer northern waters harbored higher concentrations of pathogenic Vibrio species including V. cholerae and V. vulnificus.

2022 Water 12 citations
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The Extent and Pattern of Mariculture Impacts on Spatial and Seasonal Variations of Sediment Bacterial Communities Among Three Coastal Waters

Researchers used high-throughput sequencing to examine spatial and seasonal variations in sediment bacterial communities across three Chinese coastal bays with large-scale suspended mariculture, finding that spatial variation was a stronger driver of community composition than seasonality, with Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Planctomycetes dominating across all sites and mariculture-associated organic loading shaping local community structure.

2022 Frontiers in Marine Science 8 citations
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Impact of microplastics on microbial diversity and pathogen distribution in aquaculture ecosystems: A seasonal analysis

Researchers studied bacteria growing on microplastics in fish farming waters and found that in summer, these plastic-attached communities became more connected and harbored several disease-causing species including Vibrio. Microplastics in aquaculture act as floating habitats for harmful bacteria, and seasonal warming makes this worse, raising concerns about seafood safety and the spread of infections to humans.

2025 Environmental Pollution 13 citations
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Bacterioplankton Community Structure and Its Relationship with Environmental Factors in the Coastal Waters Around the Changli Gold Coast National Nature Reserve in Northern China

Researchers investigated bacterioplankton community structure in coastal waters around a Chinese nature reserve, finding significant seasonal variability in nutrients and identifying key environmental drivers—including nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon—of bacterial community composition.

2025 Water
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Improving environmental monitoring of Vibrionaceae in coastal ecosystems through 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing

Researchers used genetic sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA genes to track Vibrionaceae — a family of bacteria that includes several species harmful to fish, shellfish, and humans — in the northern Adriatic Sea over multiple years. They found that blooms of certain Vibrio species occurred in summer linked to warming water temperatures, while pathogenic species remained at low but detectable levels throughout the monitoring period.

2022 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 11 citations
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Urbanization promotes specific bacteria in freshwater microbiomes including potential pathogens

Researchers used full-length 16S rRNA sequencing to compare freshwater microbial communities across urban and rural lakes in Germany, finding that urbanization consistently promoted specific bacterial genera including potential pathogens such as Escherichia/Shigella and Rickettsia, driven by warming, eutrophication, and wastewater inputs.

2022 The Science of The Total Environment 45 citations
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Meteorological and Water Quality Factors Associated with Microbial Diversity in Coastal Water from Intensified Oyster Production Areas of Thailand

Researchers monitored bacterial pathogens and water quality in major oyster cultivation areas across Thailand, finding that fecal coliform levels and pathogen presence varied with meteorological and environmental factors, with implications for seafood safety and public health risk.

2022 Water 6 citations
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Exploring changes in microplastic-associated bacterial communities with time, location, and polymer type in Liusha Bay, China

Researchers tracked how bacterial communities colonizing different types of microplastics changed over time in an aquaculture bay in China. They found that both exposure duration and plastic type significantly influenced which bacteria grew on the surfaces, with hydrocarbon-degrading species becoming notably abundant. Concerning from a health perspective, the pathogenic bacterium Vibrio was detected on all microplastic samples, suggesting that floating plastics may serve as rafts for disease-causing organisms.

2024 Marine Environmental Research 5 citations
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Seasonal Dynamics of Marine Bacterial Communities in Aquaculture Farms: The case of the Northern Ionian Coastal Ecosystem (Mediterranean Sea)

Researchers characterized seasonal bacterial community dynamics across three Greek aquaculture farms in the Mediterranean, finding lower microbial diversity at farm sites compared to controls, with season being the primary driver of community composition changes.

2023 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 7 citations
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Spatiotemporal changes of bacterial communities during a cyanobacterial bloom in a subtropical water source reservoir ecosystem in China

Researchers used DNA sequencing to track how bacterial communities in a Chinese reservoir changed during different phases of a cyanobacterial (harmful algae) bloom, finding that bacterial diversity dropped significantly during the bloom outbreak and that the composition of communities shifted in distinct ways tied to nutrient levels and temperature. Understanding these microbial dynamics could help water managers predict and control harmful algal blooms that threaten drinking water quality.

2022 Scientific Reports 30 citations
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Vibrio Colonization Is Highly Dynamic in Early Microplastic-Associated Biofilms as Well as on Field-Collected Microplastics

Researchers found that Vibrio colonization on polyethylene and polystyrene microplastics is highly dynamic during the first 10 hours of biofilm formation, with Vibrio abundance and species composition varying irregularly both in laboratory incubations and on field-collected Baltic Sea microplastics, complicating assessments of microplastics as vectors for pathogenic bacteria.

2020 Microorganisms 90 citations
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The Right Place at the Right Time: Seasonal Variation of Bacterial Communities in Arid Avicennia marina Soils in the Red Sea Is Specific to Its Position in the Intertidal

Researchers investigated seasonal and spatial variation in bacterial community composition in the soils of an arid Avicennia marina mangrove ecosystem in the Red Sea, finding that microbial communities shifted significantly between seasons and intertidal positions. Summer shrub-site communities differed most markedly from fringe and winter communities, with environmental factors driven by seasonal sea level fluctuations controlling alpha diversity patterns.

2022 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10 citations
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Prokaryotic Responses to Estuarine Coalescence Contribute to Planktonic Community Assembly in a Mediterranean Nutrient-Rich Estuary

Researchers examined how prokaryotic community responses to the coalescence of freshwater and seawater communities in a Mediterranean nutrient-rich estuary contribute to planktonic community assembly, evaluating the respective roles of physical blending and microbial dynamics along a surface salinity gradient.

2023 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 5 citations
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Tools to Enumerate and Predict Distribution Patterns of Environmental Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus

This review synthesizes the current understanding of environmental factors driving the distribution of pathogenic Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in aquatic environments. The study highlights various tools used to enumerate these bacteria and examines predictive models that incorporate temperature, salinity, and other ecological drivers to forecast Vibrio distribution patterns.

2023 Microorganisms 10 citations
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Machine learning to predict dynamic changes of pathogenic Vibrio spp. abundance on microplastics in marine environment

Researchers developed machine learning models to predict dynamic changes in pathogenic Vibrio bacteria abundance on microplastics in marine environments, finding that environmental factors like temperature and salinity significantly influence pathogen colonization on plastic surfaces.

2022 Environmental Pollution 39 citations
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Microplastic-associated bacterial assemblages in the intertidal zone of the Yangtze Estuary

Researchers used high-throughput DNA sequencing to profile bacterial communities colonizing microplastics in the intertidal zone of China's Yangtze Estuary, finding that plastisphere community composition reflected the particles' sedimentary versus aquatic origins and included keystone taxa adapted to surface-colonization as well as potential pathogens hitchhiking on plastic surfaces.

2017 The Science of The Total Environment 356 citations
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Seasonal Patterns of Viromes in Urban Aquatic Environments of Manitoba

Researchers characterised the taxonomy, functional profiles, and seasonal patterns of viral DNA and RNA communities in urban aquatic environments in Winnipeg, Manitoba using metagenomics and quantitative PCR, sampling 11 sites along the Red and Assiniboine rivers across spring, summer, and fall to assess virome distribution in wastewater-receiving waters.

2024
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Community Composition and Seasonal Dynamics of Microplastic Biota in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Researchers described the seasonal dynamics and community composition of microplastic-associated microbial communities across different environments, finding that temperature and nutrient availability influenced plastisphere diversity. The study contributes to understanding how environmental conditions shape biofilm formation on plastic debris.

2024
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Spatio-temporal variation of bacterial community structure in two intertidal sediment types of Jiaozhou Bay

This is a microbial ecology study characterizing bacterial communities in intertidal sediments of Jiaozhou Bay, China, using 16S rRNA gene sequencing; it is not a microplastics research paper.

2023
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High diversity of Vibrio spp. associated with different ecological niches in a marine aquaria system and description of Vibrio aquimaris sp. nov

Researchers cultured Vibrio bacteria from multiple niches within a marine aquarium — including microplastic particles, sediment, detritus, and water — and found that microplastics hosted lower Vibrio diversity than water or detritus, while also identifying a novel Vibrio species (Vibrio aquimaris sp. nov.) from the plastic-associated isolates.

2020 Systematic and Applied Microbiology 23 citations
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Exploring the Microdiversity Within Marine Bacterial Taxa: Toward an Integrated Biogeography in the Southern Ocean

Researchers used advanced sequencing techniques to study the fine-scale diversity and geographic distribution of bacteria in the Southern Ocean. Understanding ocean microbial communities is relevant to microplastic research because plastics in the ocean host distinct microbial communities that can alter local ecology.

2021 Frontiers in Microbiology 15 citations
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Exploring the Composition and Functions of Plastic Microbiome Using Whole-Genome Sequencing

Whole-genome sequencing of microbial biofilms on four types of marine microplastics revealed that plastic surfaces harbor distinct microbial communities with unique functional potential, including enrichment of Vibrio species with pathogenic and plastic-degrading capabilities.

2021 Environmental Science & Technology 126 citations
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Bacterial Community Structure and Its Influencing Factors in Surface Sediments of the Nyang River in the Dry Season, China

Researchers analyzed bacterial community diversity in surface sediments of the Nyang River in Tibet using high-throughput sequencing, finding that climate warming and human activities along this plateau river have measurably shaped microbial composition and structure.

2023 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 2 citations
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Assessments of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus levels and microbial community compositions in blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) and seawater harvested from the Maryland Coastal Bays

Researchers assessed Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus levels in blue crabs and seawater from the Maryland Coastal Bays, providing insight into microbial community diversity. The study contributes to risk assessment frameworks that are essential for advancing public health understanding of these pathogenic bacteria in coastal environments.

2023 Frontiers in Microbiology 8 citations