Table 4 Some recent studies on probiotics in aquaculture
From: Recent studies on probiotics as beneficial mediator in aquaculture: a review
Tested aquatic animals | Potential probiotics | Dose and method of administration | Observations | Mode of action | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abalone (Haliotis discus hannai Ino) | Shewanella colwelliana WA64, Shewanella olleyana WA65 | 10 (9) cells/g probiotics; addition to diet | Enhanced cellular and humoral immune responses | Immunostimulation | Jiang, Liu, Chang, Liu, and Wang (2013) |
Marron (Cherax tenuimanus) | Bacillus sp., Shewanella sp. | 10 (8) CFU/g diet | Improved tail muscle indices, total haemocytes counts | Improved nutritional value | Ambas, Suriawan, and Fotedar (2013) |
Wild shrimp (Penaeus monodon) | Bacillus cereus | 0.1–0.4%/100 g diet | Increased growth and survival rates, stimulated respiratory burst and lysozyme activities | Improved nutritional value | NavinChandran et al. (2014) |
Indian major carp Catla (Catla catla) | Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FPTB16 | 1 × 107, 1 × 108, and 1 ×109 CFU/g diet | Stimulated cellular immune response; myeloperoxidase content, lysozyme activity | Immunostimulation | Das, Nakhro, Chowdhury, and Kamilya (2013) |
Indian major carp rohu (Labeo rohita) | Bacillus subtilis, Terribacillus saccharophillus | 1 × 107 CFU/g diet | Increased humoral immune response, activities of serum phagocytes, respiratory burst | Immunostimulation | Giri et al. (2013); Kalarani, Sumathi, Roshan, Sowjanya, and Reddy (2016) |
Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) | Lactobacillus plantarum AH 78 | 0.5, 10, or 20% (w/w) with diet | Significantly up-regulated the expression of cytokine genes, IL-4, IL-12 and IFN-γ | Immunostimulation | Hamdan, El-Sayed, and Mahmoud (2016) |
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) | Shewanella xiamenensis A-1, S. xiamenensis A-2 and Aeromonas veronii A-7 | 1 × 108 cells/g of bacteria, addition to diet | Enhanced phagocytic and lysozyme activities, complement C3, expression of immune-related genes (IL-8, IL-1β, lysozyme-C, and TNF-α) | Immunostimulation | Wu et al. (2015) |