abstract background: fisheries safety control and considering heavy metal accumulation is one of the most important factors in maintaining health society and assuring the safety of this valuable food. the purpose of this study is evaluating the potential of bioaccumulation and exposure to lead and cadmium due to consumption of penaeus semisulcatus in tehran city 2012.. methods: samples were col...

Penaeus monodon (class Crustacea, order Decapoda) is one of the largest shrimps of the Penaeidea family from the Indo-West Pacific region. The dioxygen-transporting protein hemocyanin, isolated from the hemolymph of this invertebrate, is composed of three 75-76 kDa structural/functional subunits designated as Pm1, Pm2 and Pm3. The N-terminal sequences of the chains were determined and compared ...

Seafood constitutes an important food component and a cheap source of protein in developing countries. Shrimps are prone to bacterial contamination in their environment and have been frequently implicated in Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection. Of the 121 Penaeus monodon collected from coastal beaches in Douala, 79(65.3%) were contaminated with Vibrio spp. Presumed Vibrio sp. were identified by s...

The Vembanad Lake located on the south-west coast of India, an ecological hotspot is the nursing ground of many economically important crustaceans. The prevalence of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) among crustaceans from farmed, estuarine and marine environments surrounding the Vembanad Lake, India was detected using PCR. A total of 308 samples from aquaculture ponds consisting of six species ...