Microbial parameters viz., Escherichia coli, coliforms, vibrios and sulphate reducing clostridia of brackish water aquaculture farms and shrimps along with physio-chemical parameters have been investigated. The study covers ...

Mussel samples from the mussel bed and near-by market, beach sand, sediment, and water from the Mahe Estuary, Kerala, India were analysed for bacterial quality. Indicator bacteria such as Escherichia coli and faecal ...

The microflora associated with mud crab Scylla serrata collected from farms located in Kerala, India were investigated. The microbial load and types of bacteria associated with farm water, sediment and crabs were monitored. ...

Native microflora in didirrerent varieties of fishes available along Maharashtra and Sourashtra Coasts in India were studies during 1983-1987. The flora of fishes studied were Saurida tumbil, Nemipterus, Lepturocenthus ...

Cephalopods are believed to be a major and largely untapped source of marine protein. While groundfish landings have remained fairly stable or declined over the past three decades, the cephalopod world catch has increased ...

The bacterial flora of black clam (Villorita cyprinoides var. cochinensis) and water samples collected from three clam harvesting areas in Vembanad lake (Kerala, India) were studied. Samples were examined for total aerobic ...

Monitoring the bacteriological quality with respect to microbial loads, faecal pollution, human bacterial pathogens, red halophilic bacteria and fungi and toxicological monitoring studies for the ...

Prawn processing factories of the three major fish processing centres of the West Coast of India, viz., Cochin, Mangalore and Calicut were surveyed to determine the occurrence of Clostridium perfringens in processing ...