Marinobacterium lacunae sp. nov. isolated from estuarine sediment.

A novel motile bacterium was isolated from a sediment sample collected in Kochi backwaters, Kerala, India. This bacterium is Gram negative, rod shaped, 1.0-1.

Huge anthropogenic microbial load during southwest monsoon season in coastal waters of Kakinada, Bay of Bengal.

To examine the influence of anthropogenic activities on the marine ecosystem near the coastal waters of the port city, Kakinada, a study was conducted to investigate the abundance of heterotrophic, indicator and pathogenic bacteria during the spring inter monsoon (SIM) and southwest monsoon (SWM) seasons. A drastic change in the marine bacteria due to the input of allochthonous bacteria during SWM was noticed. An order of magnitude higher abundance of indicators (Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis) and bacterial pathogens (Proteus mirabilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) was observed during SWM.

Anthropogenic impact and antibiotic resistance among the indicator and pathogenic bacteria from several industrial and sewage discharge points along the coast from Pydibhimavaram to Tuni, East Coast of India.

Increasing urbanisation and industrialisation of the Visakhapatnam region have brought domestic sewage and industrial wastewater discharge into the coastal ocean. This study examines the indicator and pathogenic bacteria's quantitative abundance and antibiotic susceptibility. This study collected surface and subsurface water samples from ten different regions (147 stations; 294 samples), including 12 industrial discharge points, surrounding stations and two harbours from the coast of Pydibheemavaram to Tuni.

Marinobacterium alkalitolerans sp. nov., with nitrate reductase and urease activity isolated from green algal mat collected from a solar saltern.

A novel Gram-staining-negative, rod-shaped, 0.6-0.8 µm wide and 2.

Influence of anthropogenic activities on the spatial distribution of heterotrophic, indicator and pathogenic bacteria around Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

To examine the influence of anthropogenic activities on the marine ecosystem around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a study was conducted to investigate the abundance of heterotrophic, indicator and pathogenic bacteria during the monsoon season. We noticed the higher abundance of heterotrophic, indicator (Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis) and pathogenic bacterial counts (Aeromonas hydrophila, Enterobacter aerogens, Escherichia coli strain O157:H7, Shigella dysenteriae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus) near the 10 channel, which is the principal route to reach Andaman mainland. Most of the stations are offshore (chosen to cover shipping tracks) at a distance ranging from 41 to 266 km from the coast.