Abstract

PROGNOSIS OF BIOFILM FORMATION OF VIBRIO BACTERIA ON SHRIMPS AND DIAGNOSIS OF VIBRIOSIS

Maivannan Thiruvarangan, Thirumal Kumar D, *Anand Prem Rajan

Abstract

Vibriosis, is a bacterial infection responsible for death of shrimps across the world, caused by different species and strains of the genus Vibrio. A large number of shrimp hatcheries involved in shrimp seed production often suffer setbacks due to luminescent bacterial disease and suffer enormous economic losses

Keywords: Vibriosis, shrimp, Vibrio harveyi, P. monodon, luminescent bacterial disease.