A Comparative Study of the Bacterial Flora of the Hemolymph of Callinectes sapidus
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The bacterial flora of blue crabs (Callinectes sapid us) from Chesapeake Bay was examined. Hemolymph of normal, healthy blue crabs was found non-sterile, with total bacterial counts ranging from <100 to >3.0 x 10 5 on a seawater-based medium and 0 to >10 5 on Standard Methods Agar. Counts of 0-10 3 were observed on TCBS agar. Vibrio spp., including Vibrio parahaemolyticus, were the major taxonomic groups found in the crab hemolymph. A comparison of crab data with that of Chesapeake Bay oysters revealed a qualitative difference in that the crab hemolymph flora was almost entirely Vibrio spp., whereas the oyster flora included species of a variety of
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