Pathogenicity, Antibiogram and Biochemical Characteristics of Luminescent Vibrio harveyi, Associated with 'Black Shell Disease' of Penaeus monodon
Pathogenicity, Antibiogram and Biochemical Characteristics of Luminescent Vibrio harveyi, Associated with 'Black Shell Disease' of Penaeus monodon
Date
2005
Authors
Selvin, Joseph
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Society of Fisheries Technologists (India)Cochin
Abstract
Bacterial isolation was made from shrimps Penaeus monodon showing characteristic
external symptoms of 'black shell disease' from shrimp farms located in southeast coast of India.
The isolates were screened on TCBS agar plates and 0/129 for the selective isolation of Vibrio
sp. Based on the morphological, biochemical and physiological characteristics, the isolate (RJM5)
was characterized as luminescent Vibrio fwrveyi. Antibiogram of V. harveyi indicated that it was
highly sensitive to chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, nalidixic acid and streptomycin. The
pathogenicity studies confirmed that the isolate (V. liarveyi) was moderately virulent
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Keywords
Bacterial-disease, Penaeus monodon, Vibrio harveyi, opportunistic-pathogen, antibiogram, pathogenicity
Citation
Fishery Tech 42(2):191-196