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Seasonal variations of aerobic heterotrophic bacteria in Cochin backwater

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Title Seasonal variations of aerobic heterotrophic bacteria in Cochin backwater
 
Creator Chandrika, V
Nair, P V Ramachandran
 
Subject Marine Biology
 
Description The occurrence and seasonal distribution of aerobic heterotrophic bacteria in water and sediments
and their ecophysiology and biochemical character, were studied for a period of three years -
1972-73, 1974-75 and 1975-76 in Mhin Backwater. The total counts between one station and the
other did not show significant diffence while the counts between months did. The distribution
was characterissd by overdispersion. Among 920 strains selected from this tropical marine environment
in different months in the three years period, 23 strains were lost during purification and retransferring
procedures and classified into 8 genera. The genus Alcaligenes was found to be the dominant genus
in all the seasons. Data on tdmperature related bacterial density indicated that there are very few,
true psychrophilic bacteria in Cochin' Badwater and sediments. The relationship between baderial
density and nutrients are discussed.
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 1994
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/700/1/Chan_PVR_81-95.pdf
Chandrika, V and Nair, P V Ramachandran (1994) Seasonal variations of aerobic heterotrophic bacteria in Cochin backwater. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 36 (2). pp. 81-95.