A review on emerging pathogenic bacteria in marine environment

Abstract

Marine pathogenic bacteria possess significant public health risks due to bathing in coastal water and consumption of seafood. Different man-made and environmental factors help these pathogenic bacteria grow and survive in the adverse condition of the ocean. The genetic mutation also influences the survival of pathogenic bacteria in the marine environment. The increasing rate of marine pathogen outbreaks has become a public health concern over the world. So, scientists must be aware of these groups of pathogenic bacteria while diagnosing a patient or detecting a new pathogen. Recently, researchers are using different developed detection methods like culture-based methods, RT-PCR, PFGE, etc., to detect these marine pathogenic bacteria. This paper overviews the occurrence of emerging marine pathogenic bacteria, their sources, route of transmission, and the disease that they cause.