Vibrionaceae and microbial pollution indicators in Mar Piccolo of Taranto: three years of sampling

In this work we report culturable vibrios biodiversity as well as the density of the microbial pollution indicators in water, sediment and mussel samples collected in the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (Italy) during three years of sampling. The results show that the most abundant strains are Vibrio harveyi, Vibrio alginolyticus, and Vibrio mediterranei.