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Title	Microbial ecology of inland water bodies with special reference to fisheries

Names	Surendran, P.K. Thampuran, N. Nambiar, V.N. Lalitha, K.V.
Date Issued	2001 (iso8601)
Abstract	The microbial ecology of the inland water bodies particularly the riverine and aquaculture systems is discussed with special reference to pollution and human/aquatic animal health . The studies covered the various locations in six districts of Kerala, viz ., Calicut, Trichur, Ernakulam, Alleppy, Kottayam and Quilon . The study revealed that the total aerobic bacterial population of water, sediment and fish/shellfish samples from various districts were in the comparable range. But the levels of coliforms and E. coli were always on the higher side in the brackish water environment indicating a greater degree of pollution . Pathogenic bacteria such as salmonella, C. botulinum were also detected . However, entero-pathogenic E. coli 0157 :H7, Listeria monocytogenes, Vibrio cholerae and Bacillus cereus were absent in all samples tested . Aquatic animal pathogen Aeromonas hydrophila was also recorded . The antibiotic resistance pattern of bacterial isolates from freshwater and brackishwater environs indicated the emergence of bacteria resistant to many commonly used antibiotics
Genre	Article
Topic	Microbial ecology
Identifier	Proceedings of the National Seminar on Riverine and Reservoir Fisheries - Challenges and Strategies, 23-24 May 2001, Cochin India ed. by Boopendranath, M.R. et. al, 6-14

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