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Bacterial flora of pond reared Penaeus indicus (Milne Edwards)

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Title Bacterial flora of pond reared Penaeus indicus (Milne Edwards)
 
Creator Singh, I.S.B.
Lakshmanaperumalsamy, P.
Chandramohan, D.
 
Subject heterotrophic organisms
microorganisms
parasites
vibriosis
growth
pond culture
prawn culture
environmental factors
Bacteria
Penaeus indicus
 
Description The population size, generic diversity and potential to produce hydrolytic enzymes of heterotrophic bacteria associated with pond reared Penaeus indicus was worked out following standard bacteriological procedures. Chitinoclastic vibrios were found to be the major flora associated with juveniles of P. indicus in the culture environment when they were maintained in hapa. Bacterial flora of the body surface and gills of the prawns in a grow out system were predominantly composed of Pseudomonas, Coryneform group, Vibrio and Pseudomonas as the major genera, much different from that of pond sediment from where the animals collected detritus, indicating the animals' selective feeding behaviour. Intestine of prawns was found to be a congenial environment for the chitinoclastic vibrios to undergo a few cycles of division, suggesting their profound role in the digestion of chitin. The possible dual role which Vibrio might play in a grow out system of P. indicus is described.
 
Date 2009-01-11T11:51:26Z
2009-01-11T11:51:26Z
1998
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Journal of Aquaculture in the Tropics, Vol.13; 133-142p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1889
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1998]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher Oxford and IBH