Project:

Biodiversity of Bacteria on Oyster Shells

Students:

Shayna Marcus, Ella Chang, Samara Hung, Andjelina Djukic

School:

FMHS, Manhattan

Mentors:

Dora Miklos

Abstract:

For our UBP project we will be looking at the biodiversity of bacteria on the oysters in our classroom tank and we will compare at the pier or in governors island. The bacteria that are on oyster shells is vibrio bacteria which is naturally in coastal waters. Usually, the shape of this bacteria is a curved-rod shape (it looks like a comma). Additionally, there is not just one type of vibrio bacteria, there are actually more than 20 different variations. Some of these include Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus, Vibrio alginolyticus (CDC, 2024). The reason why this bacteria is on the oysters is because oysters feed by filtering water and there is vibrio bacteria in the water. Specifically, this bacteria is concentrated in the oyster’s tissues (foodsafety.gov, n.d.).This bacteria is also found in higher numbers from May through October because the water temperatures are warmer. All of this information helps to build the purpose of this project. The purpose is to see how the fact

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