Macrobrachium amazonicum: an alternative for microbiological monitoring of aquatic environments in Brazil

This study aimed to evaluate the role of the Amazon River prawn, Macrobrachium amazonicum, as carrier of Candida spp., by analyzing the correlation between Candida spp. from these prawns and their environment (surface water and sediment), through M13-PCR fingerprinting and RAPD-PCR. For this purpose...

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Main Authors: Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira Brilhante, Manoel de Araújo Neto Paiva, Célia Maria de Souza Sampaio, Carlos Eduardo Cordeiro Teixeira, Joyce Fonteles Ribeiro, Débora de Souza Collares Maia Castelo-Branco, Tereza de Jesus Pinheiro Gomes Bandeira, André Jalles Monteiro, Rossana de Aguiar Cordeiro, José Júlio Costa Sidrim, Frederico Ozanan Barros Monteiro, José Luciano Bezerra Moreira, Marcos Fábio Gadelha Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2014-11-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782014001102029&lng=en&tlng=en