Browsing by Subject "Bacteria"

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    • Affordable test for shrimp disease 

      Icamina, Paul (Malaya, April 10, 2018, on page A2)
      A highly sensitive tool that detects a disease that affects shrimps has been developed at the University of Santo Tomas (UST). The technology helps detect Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND) or Early Mortality ...

    • Alcohol eyed in Pampanga River fish kill 

      Orejas, Tonette (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 1, 2017, on page A10)
      Molasses discharged by an alcohol fermentation plant into the Pampanga River on Sept. 19 may have reduced the amount of dissolved oxygen to a degree that could have triggered a fish kill incident near the towns of Macabebe ...

    • Bacteria blamed for fish kill 

      Supnad, Mar T. (Manila Bulletin, June 24, 2011, on page B-8)
      The sudden and mysterious emergence of an unknown bacteria along the coastal waters of Manila Bay causes a massive fish kill, resulting in the loss of millions of pesos worth of fish products here. This was disclosed by ...

    • Bacteria blamed for slump in aquaculture 

      Portal, Tadz (Panay News, June 9, 2001, on page 4)
      For the aquaculture industry of Panay Island to recover and develop, it must first manage the bacteria or pathogens in marine and freshwater environment that are getting more resistant to antibiotics. Two of the common ...

    • Biokubo: The search for an alternative feedstock for biodiesel 

      Razon, Luis F. (The Philippine Star, December 22, 2011, on page B-5)
      Studies have shown that the biodiesel process utilizing waste cooking oils had a better rate of return than a process which used virgin oil, although all of the processes in their papers had negative rates of return. There ...

    • CFOS grad student bags Best Oral Presentation Award 

      Gallos, Lenilyn B. (DailyGuardian, June 21, 2022, on page 8)
      Ms. Lovelyn Marie N. Naluaran bagged the Best Oral Presentation award at the 13th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum (AFAF), held virtually from May 31 to June 2, 2022. A graduating student in MS in Fisheries major in ...

    • Chemicals in tilapia feeds, Changes in temperature cause lake buhi fish kill; town state calamity 

      Saldico, Ruel (Manila Bulletin, November 26, 2016, on page 14)
      A state of calamity was declared in this municipality because of the occurrence of a fish kill over the past few weeks, delivering a big blow to almost a thousand fish cage owners and operators. The initial estimate of ...

    • Deadly disease hits Iloilo prawn hatheries 

      Alvarez, Ramiro C. (Manila Bulletin, March 29, 1988, on page 31)
      Some 30 newly set up barangay prawn hatcheries in four coastal towns of Iloilo are suffering heavy losses from infestations of a deadly bacterial disease. What makes the disease even more distressing is that it has no known ...

    • Efforts on to prevent the collapse of shrimp industry 

      Portal, Tadz (Panay News, August 13, 2003, on page 9-8)
      The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) here hastened the promotion of an "environment-friendly shrimp grow-out technology" in an effort to prevent the virtual collapse of the shrimp industry. This, after ...

    • Estrada warns vs swimming in 'polluted Manila Bay' 

      Barcelo, Vito (Manila Standard, March 14, 2018, on page B4)
      Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada on Tuesday warned the public against swimming in Manila Bay to cope with rising temperatures, saying the polluted water body could pose serious health risks such as diarrhea, cholera, typhoid ...

    • The future of RP shrimp industry lies in Palawan 

      DI (Daily Informer, December 15, 1999, on page B1-B4)
      The country's shrimp production continues to be sluggish due to shrimp diseases brought about by widespread infection by the luminescent bacteria. Quoting data from the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS), shrimp expert ...

    • Iloilo researchers see potential for drug development; Marine bacteria in Tubbataha show anti-cancer properties 

      Subingsubing, Krixia (Panay News, November 28, 2023, on page 2)
      For the last five years, scientists from the University of San Agustin (USA) in Iloilo province have been combing the country’s oceans for microorganisms that can cure intractable diseases. This year, they finally discovered ...

    • Legendary Paoay Lake comes alive 

      Arzadon, Cristina (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 13, 2013, on page A19)
      Unknown to many, the serene Paoay Lake, known for its legendary past, had been blighted by wastes coming from fish cages resulting in high E. coli bacteria contamination for years. The 387-hectare lake in Paoay, Ilocos ...

    • Local shrimp industry seen to regain strength 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (The Philippine Star, August 11, 2002, on page B-2)
      Close to a thousand shrimp growers in the country met recently in Bacolod City and agreed to join hands in solving the problems besetting the shrimp industry. In a display of oneness, they hammered out seven urgent resolutions ...

    • Major shifts in fish feed formulations 

      Icamina, Paul M. (Malaya, May 25, 2012, on page A9)
      Fish Feed formulations are undergoing major shifts, away from fishmeal and toward the plant, protein concentrates. One reason is the pressure that fish meals and fish oil- for - example, from anchovies, sardines, sprats, ...

    • Mangroves potential lab for antibiotics 

      Ronda, Rainier Allan (The Philippine Star, February 9, 2017, on page B-9)
      Philippine mangrove ecosystems have abundant bacteria whose bioactive compounds can be used to produce powerful antibiotics, according to research conducted by the University of the Philippines in Los Baños (UPLB) and ...

    • Microbes galore in seas; 'spaghetti' mats Pacific 

      Doyle, Alister (BusinessWorld, April 23, 2010, on page S3/9)
      The ocean depths are home to myriad species of microbes, mostly hard to see but including spaghetti-like bacteria that form whitish mats the size of Greece on the floor of the Pacific, scientists said on Sunday. The survey, ...

    • Mussel culture management 

      Yap, Julio P. Jr. (Panay News, May 2, 2018, on page 10)
      A seminar on the application of geospatial technologies for enhanced mussel culture management was recently conducted in Capiz City. The seminar titled “Project SSAM: Seminar- Workshop on the Applications of Geospatial ...

    • Plastic- munching bacteria offer hope for recycling 

      Buchanan, Mark (BusinessWorld, July 4, 2022, on page S1/7)
      Our lakes, rivers and oceans are increasingly clogged with plastic, plus trillions of microscopic fragments thereof, from all the useful and disturbingly durable products made possible by the petroleum industry. This deluge ...

    • Prawn industry faces threat from Taiwan 

      Tangbawan, Romy (Malaya, March 22, 1988, on page 10)
      In its desire to become the world's top prawn producer, the Philippines may yet end up holding an empty bag because of problems faced by the Taiwanese, a source of tiger prawn fry for this country. In a report to the ...