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Table 1 Gut probiotics and their beneficiary effects on aquatic organisms

From: Recent studies on probiotics as beneficial mediator in aquaculture: a review

Name of the probiotics

Beneficial effects

Reference(s)

Lactobacillus rhamnosus

Enhance immunity and reduce disease susceptibility

Nikoskelainen, Ouwehand, Bylund, Salminen, and Lilius (2003)

Lactobacillus plantarum

Enhance stress tolerance

Taoka, Yuge, Maeda, and Koshio (2008)

Lactobacillus rhamnosus

Improve blood quality

Panigrahi et al. (2010)

Streptococcus sp.

Improve feeding efficiency and growth rate

Lara-Flores and Olvera-Novoa (2013)

Bacillus subtilis

Enhance cellular immunity

Sánchez-Ortiz et al. (2015)

Bacillus subtilis + Lactococcus lactis + Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Enhance survival rate, foster metabolism, enhance weight

Abareethan and Amsath (2015)

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

Enhance antibody concentration, reduce stress

Nandi et al. (2018)

Bacillus subtilis + Lactobacillus rhamnosus

Enhance the food digestibility

Munirasu, Ramasubramanian, and Arunkumar (2017)

Lactobacillus sp.

Reduce pathogen load, provide protection against Aeromonas hydrophilla

He et al. (2017)

Bacillus cereu

Protect from Aeromonas hydrophilla infection

Dey, Ghosh, and Hazra (2018)

Different species of Bacillus, Arthrobacter, Paracoccus, Acidovorax etc

Reduce pathogen load and provide nutrients

Nandi et al. (2018)

Alcaligenes sp. AFG22

Enhance volatile short chain fatty acids

Asaduzzaman et al. (2018)