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Goodbye 'R' rule? Oyster pathogen test may help make shellfish safer

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The oyster lover’s axiom of edibility -- that this shellfish is safest to eat in any month with an 'r' in it -- may soon become somewhat of a culinary anachronism, thanks to a new food-safety test developed ...


Invasive species threaten critical habitats, oyster among victims

Invasive species threaten critical habitats, oyster among victims

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A study of oyster reefs in a once-pristine California coastal estuary found them devastated by invasive Atlantic Coast crabs and snails, providing new evidence of the consequences when human activities move ...


Is the Pacific Ocean's chemistry killing sea life?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 21, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 8

The collapse began rather unspectacularly. In 2005, when most of the millions of Pacific oysters in this tree-lined estuary failed to reproduce, Washington's shellfish growers largely shrugged it off.


Current level of oyster farming unlikely to have substantial impact on Drakes Estero ecosystem

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new report from the National Research Council finds a lack of strong scientific evidence that the present level of oyster farming operations by Drakes Bay Oyster Co. (DBOC) has major adverse effects on the ecosystem of ...


Vibrio bacteria found in Norwegian seafood and seawater

Vibrio bacteria found in Norwegian seafood and seawater

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- While working on her doctorate, Anette Bauer Ellingsen discovered potentially disease-causing vibrios (Vibrio cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus) in Norwegian seafood and inshore ...