Use of Probiotic Bacteria and Bacteriocins as an Alternative to Antibiotics in Aquaculture

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datacite.alternateIdentifier.citationMICROORGANISMS,Vol.10,,2022
datacite.alternateIdentifier.doi10.3390/microorganisms10091705
datacite.creatorPereira, Wellison Amorim
datacite.creatorMendonca, Carlos Miguel N.
datacite.creatorVillasante Urquiza, Alejandro
datacite.creatorMarteinsson, Viggo Por
datacite.creatorGuy LeBlanc, Jean
datacite.creatorCotter, Paul D.
datacite.creatorFigueroa Villalobos, Elias
datacite.creatorRomero, Jaime
datacite.creatorOliveira, Ricardo P. S.
datacite.date2022
datacite.subject.englishprobiotic
datacite.subject.englishbacteriocin
datacite.subject.englishantibiotic
datacite.subject.englishaquaculture
datacite.subject.englishbiotechnology
datacite.titleUse of Probiotic Bacteria and Bacteriocins as an Alternative to Antibiotics in Aquaculture
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-04T21:36:38Z
dc.date.available2022-10-04T21:36:38Z
dc.description.abstractIn addition to their use in human medicine, antimicrobials are also used in food animals and aquaculture, and their use can be categorized as therapeutic against bacterial infections. The use of antimicrobials in aquaculture may involve a broad environmental application that affects a wide variety of bacteria, promoting the spread of bacterial resistance genes. Probiotics and bacteriocins, antimicrobial peptides produced by some types of lactic acid bacteria (LAB), have been successfully tested in aquatic animals as alternatives to control bacterial infections. Supplementation might have beneficial impacts on the intestinal microbiota, immune response, development, and/or weight gain, without the issues associated with antibiotic use. Thus, probiotics and bacteriocins represent feasible alternatives to antibiotics. Here, we provide an update with respect to the relevance of aquaculture in the animal protein production sector, as well as the present and future challenges generated by outbreaks and antimicrobial resistance, while highlighting the potential role of probiotics and bacteriocins to address these challenges. In addition, we conducted data analysis using a simple linear regression model to determine whether a linear relationship exists between probiotic dose added to feed and three variables of interest selected, including specific growth rate, feed conversion ratio, and lysozyme activity.
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dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.sourceMICROORGANISMS
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