Table of Contents:
  • Pathogens in the sea: an overview / Colin B. Munn
  • Diversity, sources, and detection of human bacterial pathogens in the marine environment / Janelle R. Thompson, Luisa A. Marcelino, and Martin F. Polz
  • Biotic and abiotic effects / Lester W. Sinton
  • Survival of enteric bacteria in seawater: molecular aspects / Yael Rozen and Shimshon Belkin
  • Human pathogenic viruses in the marine environment / Albert Bosch, F. Xavier Abad, and Rosa M. Pinto
  • Survival of viruses in the marine environment / Charles P. Gerba
  • Zoonotic protists in the marine environment / Ronald Fayer and James M. Trout
  • Marine and estuarine harmful algal blooms: impacts on human and animal health / Jan Landsberg, Fran Van Dolah, and Gregory Donelli
  • Vibrio vulnificus / James D. Oliver
  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus--seafood safety and associations with higher organisms / Firdausi Qadri ... [et al.]
  • Global microbial ecology of vibrio cholerae / Rita R. Colwell
  • Gram-positive bacteria in the marine environment / Maria del mar Lleo, Caterina Signoretto, and Pietro Canepari
  • Fecal contamination in coastal areas: an engineering approach / M. Pommepuy ... [et al.]
  • Retention of pathogenicity in viable nonculturable pathogens / Iddya Karunasagar and Indrani Karunasagar
  • Thalassogenic infectious diseases caused by wastewater pollution of the marine environment / Hillel Shuval
  • Bacterial pathogens of marine fish / Brian Austin
  • Microbial diseases of corals / E. Rosenberg and Y. Barash
  • Aquacultures and animal pathogens in the marine environment with emphasis on marine shrimp viruses / Jeffrey M. Lotz, Robin M. Overstreet, and D. Jay Grimes.