Microorganisms play an important role in water quality maintenance, waste management,
productivity enhancement, nutrient cycling, functional feed development, protection against …

Fish Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment, Second Edition provides thorough, yet concise
descriptions of viral, bacterial, fungal, parasitic and noninfectious diseases in an exhaustive …

This book puts emphasis on the isolation, taxonomy, diagnosis (phenotypic, serology and
molecular biology), epizootiology, pathogenicity mechanisms, and methods of disease …

Ba. cil'lus. NL masc. n. Bacillus a rodlet. Firmicutes/“Bacilli”/Bacillales/Bacillaceae/Bacillus
Cells rod‐shaped, straight or slightly curved, occurring singly and in pairs, some in chains …

Potentially harmful substances‐eg pesticides, heavy metals and hydrocarbons‐are often
released into the aquatic environment. When large quantities of pollutants are released …

In the summer of 2010, a sustained multispecies fish kill, affecting primarily adult red drum
(Sciaenops ocellatus) and Atlantic stingray (Dasyatis sabina), along with various baitfish …

Total African aquaculture production in 1994 amounted to 76 660 metric tonnes (t). Of this,
53.8%(41 211 t) was produced by five countries bordering the Mediterranean, while the …

During a 3‐month period from June to the end of August 2016,~ 5% mortalities were
observed in a farm with rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum) and one farm of …

I Change in the health index of the host~ perhaps reflecting the presence of external
stressors, eg due to overcrowding/poor hygiene 0 Natural selection by which a change …

Aerobic heterotrophic Gram-positive rods and cocci have received great attention from
fisheries microbiologists, largely because of the severity of the diseases caused by …