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Volume 2
Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology Reports
Microbial Biotechnology 2018
September 17-18, 2018
Microbial Biotechnology & Vaccine Design
September 17-18, 2018 Lisbon, Portugal
5
th
World Congress on
Salt tolerance ability of coliform bacteria in Hooghly estuary, West Bengal, India
Subhajit Das
Chandigarh University, India
Population of total coliform and fecal coliform bacteria was monitored both spatially and seasonally from the Hooghly estuarine
water for assessing their salt tolerance ability. The coliform bacteria isolated were allowed to grow in different saline medium and our
study revealed that both total and fecal coliform bacteria could tolerate maximum salinity of 30 psu. Physicochemical parameters of
estuarine water showed a significant control over the population of coliform bacteria. Human activity, rather than monsoonal cycle,
was found to be more effective parameter to control population of coliform bacteria in the Hooghly estuarine water of West Bengal,
India.
Subhajit_310@yahoo.comShruti Sharma et al., J Microbio and Biotech Rept 2018, Volume 2