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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 9, Issue:5, May, 2020

PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2020.9(5): 2677-2685
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.905.307


The Occurrence of Emerging Human Pathogen Shewanella algae in Shrimp Seafood 
Chandraval Dutta1*, Sanjib Kumar Manna2 and Chandan Sengupta3
1Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia-741235, West Bengal, India    2ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore-700 120, West Bengal, India 
3Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Kalyani,
Kalyani, Nadia-741235, West Bengal, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

Shewanella algae is an emerging pathogen with an increasing rate of association in clinical samples worldwide. Exposure to marine and brackish waters has frequently been linked to human infection. The present study has examined the prevalence of the bacterium in shrimp which is a brackish water crop. The bacterium was isolated from about 8% of the shrimps’ samples cultured and sold in different parts of West Bengal, India. The isolates produced hemolysin and were thus considered virulent. An increase in the occurrence of human infections caused by S. algae and a significant presence of the bacterium in shrimp warrants need for higher surveillance of the pathogen in clinical samples.


Keywords: Shewanella algae, shrimp, West Bengal, India, prevalence

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Chandraval Dutta, Sanjib Kumar Manna and Chandan Sengupta. 2020. The Occurrence of Emerging Human Pathogen Shewanella algae in Shrimp Seafood.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 9(5): 2677-2685. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.905.307
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