Antimicrobial activity of chitosan against vibrios from freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii larval rearing systems

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 177-179

  Anas, A ^a   Paul, S ^a   Jayaprakash, N S ^a,b   Philip, R ^a   Bright Singh, I S ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Chitosan; Macrobrachium rosenbergii; Vibriosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CHITIN; DISEASE CONTROL; LARVICULTURE; PRAWN CULTURE;

MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII; VIBRIO;

EID: 28944447766     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao067177     Document Type: Article

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