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Bacteriology of Off-shore sea-water of the West Coast

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The bacterial flora of the off-shore sea-water of Tellicherry and Calicut was comprised of a limited number of types—Achromobacter,Bacillus,Micrococcus, Flavobacterium, Pseudomonas, Bacterium, Corynebaclerium andSarcina. All thePseudomonas were denitrifiers, including the two fluorescent ones. There were only very few psychrophiles but a large number of thermoduricBacillus species. For preservation use of cold is indicated because of the poverty of psychrophiles and abundance of mesophilic forms.

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    R. Venkataraman & A. Sreenivasan

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Venkataraman, R., Sreenivasan, A. Bacteriology of Off-shore sea-water of the West Coast. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 40, 161–166 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050319

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