Distribution and abundance of luminous bacteria with special reference to shrimp farming activities

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 208-213

  Abraham, T Jawahar ^a   Shanmugam, S A ^a   Palaniappan, R ^b   Dhevendaran, K ^c  

^a MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

^b SRI PARAMAKALYANI COLLEGE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Farm effluent; Luminous bacteria; Shrimp farming; Vibrio harveyi

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PHOTOBACTERIUM; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 66249116297     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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