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Vembanad Lake<br />

Some of plant like Cerebra odollum, belonging to<br />

the family Apocynacae is used for poisoning fish.<br />

Derris trifoliate a climber of family Fabaceae is<br />

also used for killing fish.<br />

viii. Microbes<br />

The micro-organisms found in this habitat are<br />

responsible for the mineralization and cycling of<br />

nutrient salts and elements and contribute<br />

significantly to the transfer of energy among tropic<br />

levels. Thirty fungal isolates have been reported<br />

from sediments, 24 delaying plant parts and 7 form<br />

of floating plants from a small area near Kochi<br />

Aspergillus, Penicillium, Fusarium and<br />

Trichodesnia are mainly estuarine forms while<br />

Humicola. Cirrelalia, Conoplea and<br />

Cylindritrichum are. the marine forms. Bacteria<br />

of the mangrove environment include Bacillus,<br />

Micrococus, Coenobacterium, Pseudomonas,<br />

Vibrio, Aeromonas, Moraxella, Cyptophaga,<br />

Flavobacterium, Alcaligenes

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