Luiza Medeiros, Laura Dall'Agno, Jade Riet, Bruna Nornberg, Raíza Azevedo, Arthur Cardoso, Jéssica Lucinda Saldanha da Silva, Oscarina Viana de Sousa, Victor Torres Rosas, Marcelo Borges Tesser, Virgínia F Pedrosa, Luis A Romano, Wilson Wasielesky, Luis F Marins
In the field of shrimp aquaculture, the utilization of probiotics represents a promising avenue, due to the well-documented benefits conferred by these microorganisms. In the current study, a Bacillus subtilis strain, referred to as strain E, was isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei and subsequently identified via molecular methods and phylogeny. The probiotic potential of strain E was characterized, and its application as a feed shrimp additive was evaluated in a 45-day experiment...
November 21, 2023: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology