Shellfish are a nutritious food source whose consumption and commercial value has risen
dramatically worldwide. Although bivalve's consumption can contribute to a healthy diet …

As the consumption of seafood and shellfish increases around the world, so is the incidence
of associated outbreaks of illness. Various postharvest treatments are effective at killing …

Highlights•High-throughput sequencing technologies enabled research on bivalve-
microbiota interactions.•Bivalve-microbiota interactions depend on host factors nested within …

Consumption of bivalve molluscan shellfish (BMS) grown in faecally contaminated waters is
a public health risk. While faecal contamination in BMS and water can originate from …

Galicia's coast (northwestern Spain) is a major producer of bivalve molluscs. Over an 18-
month period, the presence of Salmonella, Aeromonas, Plesiomonas shigelloides, Vibrio …

A variety of bivalve mollusks (phylum Mollusca, class Bivalvia) constitute a prominent
commodity in fisheries and aquacultures, but are also crucial in order to preserve our …

Bivalves are filter feeders that can accumulate and concentrate waterborne contaminants
present in the water in which they live. Biotoxins, pathogenic bacteria, viruses, and heavy …

Seafood is an important source of high quality animal protein. As the result of rapid growth of
global population in the past 50 years, bivalve farming has played an increasingly important …

Filter-feeding bivalve mollusks (shellfish) can bioaccumulate pathogenic microorganisms in
up to 1000-fold higher levels than overlying waters, and therefore disease risks are …

A review of the literature on shellfish depuration and relaying revealed wide diversity in
microbial uptake and elimination among shellfish species and for different microorganisms …