Probiotic application for sustainable aquaculture
Aquaculture, which constitutes one of the largest food production sectors in the world, is preferably practiced with natural organic products rather than with synthetic chemicals or antibiotics. In addition to the daunting challenge of providing food and livelihood to the exponentially increasing...
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| Language: | en |
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Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd
2025
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| Online Access: | http://umt-ir.umt.edu.my:8080/handle/123456789/21668 |
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| Summary: | Aquaculture, which constitutes one of the largest food production sectors in the
world, is preferably practiced with natural organic products rather than with synthetic
chemicals or antibiotics. In addition to the daunting challenge of providing
food and livelihood to the exponentially increasing world population, the aquaculture
industry is key to ensuring that development is based on environmentally
sustainable practices, specifically in the production of aquafeeds. Terrestrial
microorganisms that act as natural defence systems of cultured species have been
identified as the main producer for the beneficial bacterial candidates. Probiotics
have recently gained popularity as beneficial microbes candidates in cultured
organisms to maintain the health condition and well-being of different aquatic
animals. This review aimed to understand the necessity of using probiotics as a
sustainable alternative to regulate the growth performance, feed utilisation and
general health condition for sustainable aquaculture. Also, explanatory discussion
about the host microbiota and its ability to produce different probiotic strains
and the probiotic functionality to ameliorate the host immunity to provide the
interactive effects on the host-derived probiotics. By presenting the results
obtained from the previous studies about the ability of probiotics to sustain the
aquatic animal’s performances, this study condensed the current knowledge and
information for future research and development of the probiotic application in
aquaculture. |
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