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Abundance of bacterial and diatom fouling on various surfaces

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Title Abundance of bacterial and diatom fouling on various surfaces
 
Creator PrabhaDevi
 
Subject fouling organisms
biological damage
aluminium
stainless steel
fibre glass
Bacteria
Diatoms
 
Description Abundance of bacterial and diatom fouling on aluminium, fibreglass and stainless steel were studied from Dona Paula waters of the Zuari Estuary. Both these forms were reversibly attached in large numbers to surfaces during the initial 24 hr of exposure and thereafter an irreversible attachment was observed until the end of sampling (144 hr). Nitzschia sp was found to be most abundant on surfaces as well as in the subsurface waters. The other forms present included Navicula sp, Grammatophora sp, Coscinodiscus sp, Fragilaria sp, Liemophora sp, Chaetoceros sp and Rhizoselenia sp. Pennate forms were more dominant as compared to the centrales. The mucilaginous fibrillar material entrapping bacteria and diatoms formed a two-tiered layer on study surfaces. Significant correlation existed between the two forms on all the surfaces for the study area
 
Date 2009-01-25T06:22:32Z
2009-01-25T06:22:32Z
1995
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy (B. Biological Sciences), Vol.61; 231-240p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2395
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1995]. 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 Indian National Science Academy