Characterization and significance of indicator bacteria in commercial aquaculture production facilities

摘要

The aquaculture industry in the United States has grown in parallel with the increase in seafood consumption over the past 10-25 years. Projections suggest that aquaculture will supply up to 25 percent of all domestically consumed seafood by the end of the century~1. Catfish production is the single largest segment of the domestic aquaculture industry. In 1993 alone, approximately 1, 500 catfish operations in the U.S. utilized 150,000 surface acres to produce 500 million pounds of catfish.~2