This project studies marine Vibrio vulnificus in oysters in the marine environment and attempts to correlate this bacteria`s presence within various environmental parameters; we design this study to determine how different storage temperatures affect the survival of V. vulnificus in oysters and whether V. vulnificus is able to persist in oysters after exposure to UV light-disinfected seawater. Experimental depuration systems consist of aquaria containing temperature-controlled seawater treated with UV light and 0.2 ㎛ pore size filtration. Results showed that depuration at temperatures higher than 25℃ caused V. vulnificus counts to increase in oysters. Throughout the process, depuration water contained high concentrations of V. vulnificus, indicating that the disinfection properties of UV radiation and 0.2 ㎛ pore size filtration were less than the release of V. vulnificus into seawater. In contrast, when depuration seawater was maintained at 10℃, the numbers of V. vulnifcus were very little and multiplication in oysters was inhibited.

• Bong-Hun LEE(Dept. of Chemistry, Pusan National Univ.) | 이봉헌
• Heung-Jai PARK(Dept. of Environmental Science, Inje Univ.) | 박흥재