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Antibacterial Activities of Bdellovibrio and like Organisms in Aquaculture

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In this paper, we firstly reviewed the diseases and antibiotic resistance problems facing the aquaculture industry, and introduced the probiotic concept and the use of Bdellovibrio and like organisms (BALOs) as a probiotic/biological agent to control pathogens or potential pathogens in a sustainable aquaculture. Then we reviewed, in greater details, the antibacterial activities of BALOs in aquaculture. As a special group of predator prokaryotic bacteria, BALOs are increasingly being regarded as an alternative biocontrol agent in the field of aquaculture, in China in particular. We have comprehensively evaluated relevant high quality documentations and discovered that BALOs are not only capable of lysing a wide range of Gram-negatives, but also some Gram-positives, depending on the strain/isolate specificities. Various challenge tests confirmed that BALOs do have protective effects on the organisms tested against the challenged pathogens. Furthermore, Pearson correlation coefficient analyses revealed that BALOs have significantly negative correlations with total bacterial and vibrio counts in rearing waters and the guts of reared organisms (p < 0.01), and positive correlations with their growth (body length and weight gains) and survival (p < 0.01). Finally, we concluded that BALOs do possess strong antibacterial activities against various bacteria, including vibrios, and have a very strong application potential in aquaculture practices.

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We would like to express our gratitude to the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and Guangdong Provincial founding bodies, as well as ProBioti Biotech (Guangzhou) company Limited, for the financial supports in our pursuits of this little tiny creature to the benefit of our mankind.

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Najnine, F., Cao, Q., Zhao, Y., Cai, J. (2020). Antibacterial Activities of Bdellovibrio and like Organisms in Aquaculture. In: Jurkevitch, E., Mitchell, R. (eds) The Ecology of Predation at the Microscale. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45599-6_4

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