ARYLSULFATASE - PRODUCING BACTERIA IN MARINE SEDIMENTS
ARYLSULFATASE - PRODUCING BACTERIA IN MARINE SEDIMENTS
Date
1985
Authors
DHEVENDARAN, K
CHANDRAMOHAN, D
R. NATARAJAN, R. NATARAJAN
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Publisher
Society of Fisheries Technologists (India) Cochin
Abstract
A total of 313 strains of bacteria which hydrolysed tripotassium phenolphthalein
disulfate (PDS) were isolated from the sediments of three biotopes, namely, Vellar
estuary, backwater and mangrove during the period of investigation. They were
identified to the generic level. The following genera were encountered, namely,
Vibrio, Bacillus, Alcaligenes, Micrococcus, Pseudomonas, Cytophaga - Flavobacterium,
Aeromonas, Corynebacterium and members of Enterobacteriaceae. Vibrio
and Bacillus were found to be the dom\nant groups representing 29.26% and 41.80%
respectively of the total isolates .. Because of the importance of the Vibrio group
in marine environment these isolates were further identified to the species level and it
included V. parahaemolyticus, V. alginolyticus, V. consticola, V. anguillarum and
V. fischeri. These observations suggest that different groups of arylsulfatase - producing
bacteria probably occur in marine sediments.
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Keywords
ARYLSULFATASE, BACTERIA ,MARINE SEDIMENTS
Citation
Fishery Tech 22(2):121-125