October 2012

Oomycete infections in freshwater fishes

  Mycological studies were carried out on fishes with fungal infection. A total of seventeen isolates of fungi were obtained from diseased fishes which belongs to five species namelySaprolegnia diclina, Saprolegnia ferax, Saprolegnia hypogyana, Saprolegnia parasitica andAchlya americana. All these fungi were isolated from six different species of fishes viz.Channa striatus, Channa punctatus, Clarias...

Author(s): S. A. Mastan, M. Radha Krishna Reddy and D. Sri Lakshmi

October 2012

Chemical composition of five marine microalgae that occur on the Brazilian coast

  Five native species of marine microalgae were batch cultured and their chemical composition was measured in different growth phases. The highest cell yield was recorded in Chlorellasp. Chlorella sp. and Bellerochea sp. showed a reduction of the mean cell volume throughout growth. All microalgae showed protein as the main chemical component, with peaks in the exponential...

Author(s): Giselle S. Costard, Rodrigo R. Machado, Elisabete Barbarino, Ricardo C. Martinoand Sergio O. Lourenço