Survey on the pathogenic microbes in ice stored penaeus monodon [Fab.]

ABSTRACT

Shrimps are considered as the pinkish gold of sea, around 80% of World's aquaculture production comes from this industry. In Indian subcontinent 75% of aquaculture development is on the East Coast of the Bay of Bengal. Present study was undertaken to study the Vibrio and fungal infection in the ice stored Penaeus monodon [Shrimps]. Present study reveals that the samples harvested from Mallipattinum showed highest rate of infection [71.47%] and was followed by the Nagapattinum samples [67.66%]. Green and Yellow coloured colonies of smooth, raised and mucoid Gram negative rods were observed. Fungal analysis revealed that Mallipattinum showed highest percentage of infection [21.47%] and was followed by the samples collected from Nagapattinum. The lactophenol cotton blue mounting revealed the presence of A. flavus, A. niger and Fusarium oxysporum