Article: Effects of antibiotics on the concentration of bacteria in biofilms and on the growth of Haliotis rufescens postlarvae.

ABSTRACT The effects of chloramphenicol and streptomycin/penicillin on the concentration of heterotrophic bacteria in biofilms associated with abalone postlarval culture and on the growth and survival of Haliotis rufescens postlarvae (3-5 days old) were studied under laboratory conditions. Two experiments were carried out in 12-well polystyrene tissue culture plates with 5 mL of 1-[micro]m-filtered autoclaved seawater. Water was changed every other day and antibiotics were added during the water change. Experimental units were previously inoculated with the benthic diatom Navicula incerta. In the first experiment chloramphenicol at 0, 5, 10, and 20 mg [L.sup.-1] was used ...

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