This research examined the bacterial loads in intestine, skin and gills of cultured Clarias gariepinus some selected private farms at Eleme, Emohua, Ikwerre, Obio/Akpor Port Harcourt Local Government Areas Rivers State, Nigeria. Determination species characterization fish parts was done using standard microbiological procedures. Results assay showed high count gill, gut from different locations...

Epithelial cells of the gut, antennal glands, integument, and gills of crustaceans regulate the movements of ions into and across these structures and thereby influence the concentrations of ions in the hemolymph. Specific transport proteins serving cations and anions are found on apical and basolateral cell membranes of epithelia in these tissues. In recent years, a considerable research effor...

the toxic impact of copper sulfate in lethal and sublethal concentrations was investigated on gill of grass carp, ctenopharynogodon idella . in this investigation, 27 specimens were used as control group and three treatment groups were treated with 2.5 and 5mg/l of copper sulfate. gill samples were collected from each treatment after 96hr and lesions were analyzed by light microscopy. in histop...

Herbivorous vertebrates rely on complex communities of mutualistic gut bacteria to facilitate the digestion of celluloses and hemicelluloses. Gut microbes are often convergent based on diet and gut morphology across a phylogenetically diverse group of mammals. However, little is known about microbial communities of herbivorous hindgut-fermenting reptiles. Here, we investigate how factors at the...

Freshwater mussels are found in dense, multi-species aggregations where the potential for resource partitioning should be high. One means by which mussels may be partitioning resources is through feeding on different food items. We compared gill morphology in four species of co-occurring freshwater mussels. We found differences in total gill surface area, density of latero-frontal cirri and the...

To test whether patches of papyrus swamp contribute to diversification of populations of non-air-breathing fishes, the gill morphology of Barbus neumayeri was compared between a papyrus swamp and several tributaries which differed in oxygen regime. Total gill filament length differed among sites and was negatively related to dissolved oxygen availability, supporting strong selection pressure fo...

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO-NPs) and copper ions (Cu++) on guppy (Poecilia reticulata), in order to assess Cu uptake in the gill, and histopathology of gill and intestinal organs in semi-static regimes for 10 days. Guppy fish were assigned into three groups; one control group, and two experimental groups receiving 20 µg/l of eith...