Aquaculture has become an important economic activity in many countries. In large-scale production facilities, where aquatic animals are exposed to stressful conditions, problems related to diseases and deterioration of environmental conditions often occur and result in serious economic losses....

A study was carried out to estimate the bacterial abundance in a shrimp culture system of Penaeus monodon (Fabricius, 1798) located on the banks of the river Vellar, Parangipettai, southeast coast of India. Various physicochemical parameters, bacterial density, sediments and the shrimp in the...