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The ability of an algicidal bacterium Marinobacter salsuginis strain BS2, isolated from shrimp pond water, to reduce shrimp mortality was investigated under laboratory conditions. When two species of shrimp (Penaeus monodon and Litopenaeus vannamei) (body length 1.5–1.8 cm) were cultured together with the dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans, nearly 80 % of the shrimps died within 7 days. However, when bacterial strain BS2 was also added to the culture, N. scintillans was killed within 48 h, and shrimp survival rates on the 7th day improved from 23 to 87 % for both P. monodon and L. vannamei. The bacterium BS2 alone had no effect on shrimp condition. Under conditions of increased dissolved oxygen, the effect of using BS2 was greater, and shrimp survival rates improved even more dramatically, from 26 to 98 %. These studies provide the first evidence that the use of killing bacteria, isolated from shrimp culture water, can suppress harmful algal blooms (HABs) and thus restore the efficiency of shrimp production. The control of HABs in this way in shrimp culture farms would be a major benefit for shrimp production.
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This study was supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (Monbukagakusho), Japanese Government, JSPS, and Fund of the President of Kochi University. We are gratefully to the staff of the Coastal Aquaculture Research Institute, Songkhla, the Research Food Aquatic Animal Department of Fisheries, Chonburi, and Dumrong farm for their valuable help with fieldwork. We thank G. Britton for his helpful reading and comments.
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Keawtawee, T., Fukami, K. & Songsangjinda, P. Use of a Noctiluca-killing bacterium Marinobacter salsuginis strain BS2 to reduce shrimp mortality caused by Noctiluca scintillans . Fish Sci 78, 641–646 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-012-0497-1
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