*Result*: The effect of bile salts stress on the biology and transcriptome characteristics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus under low salt environment.

The effect of bile salts stress on the biology and transcriptome characteristics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus under low salt environment.

Song Z; College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China., Zhang R; College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China., Ji S; College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China., Long Z; College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China., Pan Y; College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China.; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquatic-Product Processing & Preservation, Shanghai, 201306, China.; Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for Aquatic Product on Storage and Preservation (Shanghai), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai, 201306, China., Xie Q; College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China.; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquatic-Product Processing & Preservation, Shanghai, 201306, China.; Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for Aquatic Product on Storage and Preservation (Shanghai), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai, 201306, China.; Laboratory of Food Quality and Safety Testing, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China., Zhao Y; College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China. yzhao@shou.edu.cn.; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquatic-Product Processing & Preservation, Shanghai, 201306, China. yzhao@shou.edu.cn.; Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for Aquatic Product on Storage and Preservation (Shanghai), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai, 201306, China. yzhao@shou.edu.cn., Liu H; College of Food Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China. hqliu@shou.edu.cn.; Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Aquatic-Product Processing & Preservation, Shanghai, 201306, China. hqliu@shou.edu.cn.; Laboratory of Quality & Safety Risk Assessment for Aquatic Product on Storage and Preservation (Shanghai), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Shanghai, 201306, China. hqliu@shou.edu.cn.; Engineering Research Center of Food Thermal-processing Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China. hqliu@shou.edu.cn.; Food Industry Chain Ecological Recycling Research Institute of Food Science and Technology College, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China. hqliu@shou.edu.cn.

Archives of microbiology [Arch Microbiol] 2026 Feb 16; Vol. 208 (4), pp. 196. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Feb 16.

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Publisher: Springer-Verlag Country of Publication: Germany NLM ID: 0410427 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1432-072X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 03028933 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Arch Microbiol Subsets: MEDLINE

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Vibrio parahaemolyticus*/genetics , Vibrio parahaemolyticus*/drug effects , Vibrio parahaemolyticus*/growth & development , Vibrio parahaemolyticus*/physiology , Vibrio parahaemolyticus*/metabolism , Bile Acids and Salts*/pharmacology , Bile Acids and Salts*/metabolism , Transcriptome*/drug effects, Biofilms/growth & development ; Biofilms/drug effects ; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial/drug effects ; Sodium Chloride/metabolism ; Bacterial Proteins/genetics ; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism ; Stress, Physiological ; Humans ; Salinity ; Gene Expression Profiling

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Keywords: V. parahaemolyticus; Adaptation mechanisms; Low salt and bile salts environment; Transcriptome

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