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Distribution and species composition of planktonic luminous bacteria in the Arabian Sea

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Title Distribution and species composition of planktonic luminous bacteria in the Arabian Sea
 
Creator Ramaiah, N.
Chandramohan, D.
 
Subject Microbiology
genetic isolation
heterotrophic organisms
check lists
vertical distribution
geographical distribution
Vibrio fischeri
Bacteria
ISW, Arabian Sea
 
Description Distribution of the total viable heterotrophic bacteria and the luminous bacteria in the neretic and oceanic waters of the west coast of India was studied. Counts of viable heterotrophs fluctuated widely, generally with a decrease in their number with the depth. Luminous bacterial cells ranged from 0-36 ml-1 and their percent fraction was stable between depths of 60 and 200 m. Significant correlation between total viable count and luminous bacteria colonies in the upper 100 m suggests freeliving nature of luminous bacteria. Vibrio fischeri and V. harveyi dominated the species composition of luminous bacteria. Photobacterium leiognathi was only a minor component. A few strains of P. phosphoreum were also recovered during the collections from deeper waters
 
Date 1995-06-20T10:01:32Z
2017-09-29T13:48:08Z
1995-06-20T10:01:32Z
2017-09-29T13:48:08Z
1987
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, vol.16; 1987; 139-142
0379-5136
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/6022
 
Language en
 
Relation Indian J Mar Sci
SCI
 
Publisher CSIR-NISCAIR