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| Article Name : | | | A STUDY ON THE ANTIFUNGAL PROPERTIES OF SKIN MUCUS FROM SELECTED FRESH WATER FISHES. | | Author Name : | | | BALASUBRAMANIAN S., GUNASEKARAN G., BABY RANI P., ARUL PRAKASH A., PRAKASH M AND SENTHIL RAJA P. | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-2136 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Fish faces lot of diseases due to their aquatic environment, which contains a wide range of pathogenic and non pathogenic microorganisms. They may escape from such diseases by producing (or) secreting a jelly like substance called mucus, which act as a defensive barrier between the fish and potential pathogens. Several studies stated that the mucus secretion of fish consist of a number of antimicrobial peptides that provide a first line of defence against invading microbes (or) pathogens. Little is known about the antimicrobial properties of fresh water fish mucus. Hence the present attempt has been made to find out the potency of the mucus collected from seven different fresh water fishes such as Catla catla, Labeo rohita, Cirrhinus mrigala ,Cetenopharyngodon idella, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, Mugil cephalus, and Channa punctatus against five different fungal strains viz., Mucor globosus, Rhizopus arrhizus, Candida albicans, Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus niger. The result reveals that the mucus of different fish exert variation in their activity in controlling the growth of tested fungal strains. | | Keywords : | | |
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