The available database comprises research projects in Fisheries, Aquaculture, Seafood Processing and Marine Biotechnology active in the time period 2003-2022.
BlueBio is an ERA-NET COFUND created to directly identify new and improve existing ways of bringing bio-based products and services to the market and find new ways of creating value from in the blue bioeconomy.

More information on the BlueBio project and participating funding organizations is available on the BlueBio website: www.bluebioeconomy.eu

Last Update: 2024/06/19

ToxVib
Marine Biotechnology
Aquaculture
Genomics to Investigate Risks of Toxin-Producing Vibrio in Irish Shellfish
National Programme
National
Aoife Boyd
aoife.boyd@nuigalway.ie
NUI - National University of Ireland (Ireland)
NA - Maynooth University (Ireland), 
2019
NA
€ 196,560
NA
The marine bacteria Vibrio cause gastroenteritis after consumption of infected shellfi sh. Due to climate change and warmer marine waters, these bacteria have now extended into Europe, leading the EU to classify Vibrio as emerging pathogens posing a serious threat to human health. Dr Aoife Boyd (NUIG) and Dr Fiona Walsh (MU) will investigate potential risks to shellfi sh aquaculture and human health in Ireland from pathogenic Vibrio. We will assess environmental effects on presence of toxigenic Vibrio in oysters and mussels. Genomic analysis will identify disease-causing genes of Irish Vibrios. Genes for TTX, a potentially fatal neurotoxin recently discovered in European shellfi sh, will be targeted for developing novel DNA detection methods. This project will help sustain and grow Irish shellfi sh production, by assessing current and forthcoming risks of pathogenic Vibrio. This knowledge will minimise contaminated shellfi sh reaching the market and table, reduce cases of seafood-borne gastroenteritis and increase human wellbeing.
Shellfish; Mollusc; Bacteria; Toxins; Open sea aquaculture; Bivalve; Food safety; Genomic; Mussel; Oyster; Genetic;
Not associated to marine areas
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