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Communications: Bacteria in the Hemolymph of the Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Author(s) -
Brady Yolanda J.,
De La Vega Ernesto Lasso
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of aquatic animal health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1548-8667
pISSN - 0899-7659
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8667(1992)004<0067:cbitho>2.3.co;2
Subject(s) - macrobrachium rosenbergii , hemolymph , prawn , biology , bacteria , aeromonas , microbiology and biotechnology , bacillus (shape) , pseudomonas , aeromonas hydrophila , zoology , fishery , ecology , genetics
Bacteria from the hemolymph of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii were identified and quantified. Total bacterial counts ranged from 0.0 to 4.6 × 10 5 cells/1.0 mL of hemolymph. Predominant bacteria isolated included Aeromonas spp., Bacillus sp., and Pseudomonas spp. No bacteria were found in the hemolymph of prawns without lesions. The predominant species of bacteria isolated from water samples of prawn culture ponds was a chitinoclastic Bacillus sp.