Publications by authors named "V K Aswathi"
Sea foam-associated pathogenic bacteria along the west coast of India.
Environ Monit Assess
January 2021
Article Synopsis
- Anthropogenic activities are polluting coastal ecosystems with nutrients and pathogenic bacteria, leading to changes in their characteristics.
- In 2019, Goa experienced significant marine pollution characterized by sea foam due to nutrient runoff from a garbage dump, leading to a harmful algal bloom.
- This sea foam was found to harbor pathogenic bacteria like Enterobacter cancerogenus, raising concerns about human health risks and potential negative impacts on the tourism industry in Goa.
The ovary of Haemaphysalis bispinosa was of panoistic type with asynchronous development of oocytes. The wall of the ovary was composed of a layer of epithelial cells to which the oocytes were attached by means of pedicel cells with elongated nucleus. The oocytes were classified into stages I to V based on morphologic characteristics like size and shape, presence / absence of germ vesicle, cytoplasmic appearance, presence or absence of yolk granules and presence of chorion.
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