Environmental control of Vibrio spp. abundance and community structure in tropical waters

• Main Authors: Wong, Yi You, Lee, Choon Weng, Bong, Chui Wei, Lim, Joon Hai, Narayanan, Kumaran, Sim, Edmund U. H.
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2019
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QR Microbiology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27719/1/doi/10.1093/femsec/fiz176/5613362_redirectedFrom%3Dfulltext; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27719/; https://academic.oup.com/femsec/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/femsec/fiz176/5613362?redirectedFrom=PDF
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

We measured Vibrio spp. distribution and community profile in the tropical estuary of Port Klang and coastal water of Port Dickson, Malaysia. Vibrio spp. abundance ranged from 15 to 2395 cfu mL⁻¹, and were driven by salinity and chlorophyll a (Chl a) concentration. However, the effect of salinity wa...