A study on bacteria associated with the intestinal tract of farmed yellow seahorse, Hippocampus kuda (Bleeker, 1852): Characterization and extracellular enzymes

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 386-394

  Tanu, ^a   Deobagkar, Deepti D ^b   Khandeparker, Rakhee ^a   Sreepada, Rayadurga A ^a   Sanaye, Sushant V ^a   Pawar, Hrishikesh B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Enzymatic activity; Hippocampus kuda; Intestinal bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH CULTURE; HATCHERY; LIPID; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REARING; TAXONOMY; TELEOST;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; ENTEROVIBRIO; FIRMICUTES; HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); HIPPOCAMPUS KUDA; PROTEOBACTERIA; VIBRIO;

EID: 84856571050     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2011.02841.x     Document Type: Article

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