서울시를 비롯한 6개 도시의 음식점과 활어를 판매하는 어시장 등에서 활어조에 사용하는 해수에 대하여 병원성 비브리오균의 분포, 이화학적특성 및 위생지표세균 등 환경인자와의 관계를 비교하였다. 시험해수에서 전염병균인 Vibrio cholerae O1은 전혀 검출되지 않았고, V. parahaemolyticus는 가장 빈번한 검출되었는데 검출율은 69.2%이었다. 그리고 V. vulnificus 및 V. cholerae non-O1 등 병원성 비브리오균이 검출된 활어조의 해수는 그렇지 않은 해수에 비하여 수온과 탁도는 높았고, 염분과 pH는 낮았으며 생균수, 대장균군 및 분변계 대장균이 휠씬 높게 검출되어 이러한 환경인자들과의 관련성이 시사되었다.
Distribution of pathogenic vibrios in the seawater of live fish tank and effect of environmental factors on their existence were investigated by collecting samples from fish markets and restaurants in 6 different cities. Pathogenic vibrios and coliforms were determined by using the most probable number (MPN) procedure, and aerobic plate count was enumerated by the standard pour plate method. No Vibrio chulerae O1 was detected in all the samples tested. Detection rates of V. cholerae non-O1, V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus in all the smaples tested were 7.7%, 69.2% and 23.1%, respectively. Water temperature and trubidity of the seawater measured were higher in the pathogenic vibrios positive samples than in those negative samples. However, higher salinity and pH were shown in the pathogenic vibrios negative samples than in positive samples. The aerobic plate counts and MPN or total and focal coliforms in the seawater were higher in the presence of pathogenic vibrios than in the absence of pathogenic vibrios. In this study, the presence of pathogenic vibrios in the seawater tested was closely related with other physiochemical parameters and populations of coliforms, indicators far food safety.
