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Isolation and identification of pathogenic fungi on Oreochromis aureus(Steindachner,1864)in the university of Basrah fish ponds

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Title Isolation and identification of pathogenic fungi on Oreochromis aureus(Steindachner,1864)in the university of Basrah fish ponds
 
Creator Al-Niaeem, Khalidah S.
Ameen, Fuad
Hatamleh, Ashraf
Bakri, Marwah
 
Subject Fungal infection
Fish ponds
Aspergillus sp.
Oreochromis aureus
 
Description 1213-1216
Thirty samples of Oreochromis aureus were collected from University of Basra fish ponds during the period from February until June 2014.Thirteen fish samples showed fungal infection. A sterile swab was taken from outer surface of body (head, skin, gills, abdomen, caudal fin, dorsal fin and pectoral fin). Potato dextrose agar and glucose yeast agar was used for fungal isolation.In this study six genera were identified and the most common were Aspergillus sp., Alternaria sp., Mucor sp., Penicillium sp., Brachiomyces sp. and Ichthyophonus sp. Gills and abdomen were the most affected parts of fish. Among the generaobservedAspergillus sp. and Mucor sp. were the most prevalent fungi infecting these fishes.
 
Date 2016-07-21T06:12:48Z
2016-07-21T06:12:48Z
2015-08
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/jspui/handle/123456789/34893
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.44(08) [August 2015]