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Heavy metal resistant bacteria associated with the black clam Villorita cyprinoides var cochinensis (Hanley) and water collected from Cochin backwater

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Title Heavy metal resistant bacteria associated with the black clam Villorita cyprinoides var cochinensis (Hanley) and water collected from Cochin backwater
 
Creator Sreekumari, K R
Lakshmanaperumalsami, P
 
Subject Molluscan Fisheries
 
Description A total of 147 strains of heterotrophic bacteria, isolated from water and the black clam
Villorlia cyprinoides var conchinensis from Cochin backwater were subjected to heavy metal sensitivity
tests for five heavy metals viz. mercury. zinc, cadmium, copper and lead. In general, the isolates from
water showed higher resistance towards the heavy metals. Members of all the genera except Coryneform
group showed similar trend of resistance. The strains of Coryneform group isolated from animals were
more resistant than their counterparts isolated from water. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of
the metals varied. It may be concluded from the results that the habitat of the organisms plays a unique
role in the ecology of heavy metal resistant bacteria.
 
Publisher CMFRI
 
Date 1988
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/2620/2/Article_42.pdf
Sreekumari, K R and Lakshmanaperumalsami, P (1988) Heavy metal resistant bacteria associated with the black clam Villorita cyprinoides var cochinensis (Hanley) and water collected from Cochin backwater. CMFRI Bulletin, 42 (2). pp. 423-425.