[Isolation of enteropathogenic Vibrio in bivalves and mud from the Nicoya Gulf, Costa Rica]. / Aislamiento de vibrios enteropatógenos de bivalvos y cieno del Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica.

The presence of enteropathogenic Vibrio was evaluated in 36 sediment samples and 41 bivalve samples obtained from 3 collecting sites in the Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica. Isolation methods for halophilic and non halophilic Vibrio were used. The biochemical profiles of the strains obtained revealed the presence of the following isolates: 224 Vibrio parahaemolyticus, 3 V. furnissii, 1 V. damsela and 3 V. fluvialis. V. cholerae was not isolated, due principally to the use of TCBS agar.