Bacterial flora of farmed mud crab, Scylla serrata (Forskal, 1775) and farm environments in Kerala, India

Indian Journal of Fisheries

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-160

  Lalitha, K V ^a   Thampuran, Nirmala ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Commensal flora; Farmed mud crab; Pathogenic bacteria; Scylla serrata; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS JANDAEI; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS VERONII; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANCER PAGURUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRIMONTIA HOLLISAE; MICROCOCCUS; SCYLLA SERRATA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FLUVIALIS; VIBRIO MIMICUS;

EID: 84864462778     PISSN: 09706011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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