Probiotic Applications in Crustaceans - Aquaculture Nutrition: Gut Health, Probiotics and Prebiotics - page 311

Table 11.2 Summary of relevant in vivo probiotics applications reported in juvenile and sub-adult crustaceans.

Animal
species

Probiotic strain Route of

administration

Rearing
conditions

Measured
parameters

Pathogen
challenge

Reference

Penaeus
monodon

Bacillus MCCB101, Micrococcus
MCCB104 independently and
their combination

Addition to diet Aquarium DR, IR WSSV Antony et al.

(2011)

Combination of B. subtilis , B.
polymyxa , B. megaterium , B.
licheniformis and B.
thuringiensis

Addition to diet Experimental tanks GP, FU, GM Boonthai et al.

(2011)

Lb. acidophilus and S. cerevisiae
independently

Addition to Artemia Experimental tanks GP, DR, GM, S V. harveyi Immanuel et al.

(2007)

Streptomyces sp. Addition to diet Experimental tanks S, GP, AM, EP Das et al. (2006)

Not reported Addition to culture

water

Commercial earthen
ponds

AM, GM Vaseeharan et al.

(2004)

Pseudomonas sp. and V. fluvialis
independently

Addition to culture
water

Experimental tanks IR Alavandi et al.

(2004)

B. subtilis BT23 Addition to culture

water

Experimental tanks DR V. harveyi Vaseeharan and

Ramasamy
(2003)

(A) Combination of Bacillus sp.
and Saccharomyces sp. (B)
Combination of Bacillus sp.,
Nitrosomonas sp. and
Nitrobacter sp.

Addition to culture
water

Earthen ponds S, GP, FU, Devaraja et al.

(2002)

(A) Combination of Bacillus sp.
and Saccharomyces sp. (B)
Combination of Bacillus sp.,
Nitrosomonas sp. and
Nitrobacter sp.

Addition to culture
water

Earthen ponds GP, FU, EP Matias et al.

(2002)

Bacillus spp. Addition to culture

water

Earthen pond S, GP, AM, EP Dalmin et al.

(2001)
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