Summary of depuration trials.

		Vibrio vulnificus counts (MPN/g)^a
Experiment	Date	Pre-depuration	Post-depuration Control tank	Post-depuration Test tank	Temperature (°C)^b	Salinity (ppt)^c
1- Inoculated oysters	02/19/2009	>1.1X10⁵	75	43	18.0±1.7	25.0±2.8
2- Inoculated oysters	02/26/2009	>1.1X10⁵	23	20	15.0±1.1	27.0±1.7
3- Standard	06/19/2009	1.4X10³	9.3X10²	2.4X10³	28.3±1.7	24.3±2.3
4- Low Temp. 15°C	08/08/2009	2.9X10⁴	7.5X10³	9.3X10³	25.0±2.1	26.5±3.2
5- Flow rate 46 L/min	09/01/2009	>1.1X10⁵	2.1X10⁴	2.9X10⁴	28.5±0.6	26.0±3.4
6- Flow rate 68 L/min	09/14/2009	1.1X10⁵	3	3	27.5±1.7	32.2±1.2
7- Flow rate 68 L/min	10/12/2009	4.6X10⁴	1.1X10⁵	>1.1X10⁵	25.6±3.1	9.0±2.4

^aVibrio vulnificus counts were determined according to Most Probable Number (MPN) method described in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Bacteriological Analytical Manual (BAM) [5]
^bAverage seawater temperature recorded in both tanks throughout the depuration process
^cAverage seawater salinity recorded in both tanks throughout the depuration process

Table 1: Summary of depuration trials.

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