The document discusses the use of probiotics in aquaculture. It begins with an introduction to probiotics, their history, and common probiotic strains used. It then describes different types of probiotics including those used in water, soil, and as feed or gut probiotics. The main roles of probiotics in aquaculture discussed are promoting growth, inhibiting pathogens, improving water quality, and providing stress tolerance. Examples of common probiotic bacteria strains are also listed.

1. DEPARTMENT OF MARINE LIVING
RESOURCES
ANDHRA UNIVERSITY, VISAKHAPATNAM
SEMINAR ON USE OF PROBIOTICS IN AQUACULTURE
PRESENTED BY-
AKSHAY MANDAL
M. Sc MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY
REGISTRATION NO: 722211224002

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. PROBIOTICS AND THEIR HISTORY
3. PROBIOTIC STRAINS
4. TYPES OF PROBIOTICS
5. ROLE OF PROBIOTICS IN AQUACULTURE

3. PROBIOTICS AND ITS HISTORY
• Pro-life originating from greek words pro and bios
• The word probiotic was coined by parker (1974) and defined as
“organism and substances that gives to intestinal microbial
balance”
• Probiotics also termed as friendly, beneficially, good or helpful
organisms.
• The first application of probiotics occurred in 1986.

4. PROBIOTIC STRAINS

5. PROBIOTIC STRAINS

6. PROBIOTIC STRAINS

7. TYPES OF PROBIOTICS
WATER PROBIOTIC
Some species of Baccilus ,Enterobactor, Nitrobactor,
Pseudomonas, Rhodopseudomonas, Saccharomyces etc.
SOIL PROBIOTICS
Bacteria like Rhodobacter spp. And Rhodococcus spp ,
Nitrosomonas spp, Nitrobactor spp
Yucca schidigera used to control ammonia, hydrogen
sulfide, nitrites and other toxic gases.

8. USE OF SOIL PROBIOTICS

9. FEED OR GUT PROBIOTIC
• Bacillus spp
• Lactobacillus spp
• Streptococcus spp
• Bifidobacterium spp
• Saccharomyces spp etc.

10. ROLE OF PROBIOTICS IN AQUACULTURE
GROWTH
PROMOTER

11. INHIBITION OF PATHOGEN

12. IMPROVEMENT OF WATER QUALITY

13. STRESS TOLERANCE

14. REFERENCES
• PATRICIAMART´INEZ CRUZ, ANA L. IB´A˜NEZ, OSCAR A.
MONROY HERMOSILLO AND HUGO C. RAM´IREZ SAAD ; USE
OF PROBIOTICS IN AQUACULTURE , INTERNATIONAL
SCHOLARLY RESEARCH NETWORK , ARTICLE ID 916845,
2012
• T. SUGUNA ; ROLE OF ANTIBIOTICS IN AQUACULTURE,
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY
AND APPLIED SCIENCES , VOLUME 9 , NUMBER 10 (2020)
• TRAN NGOC TUAN, PHAM MINH DUC AND KISHIO HATAI ;
OVERVIEW OF THE USE OF PROBIOTICS IN AQUACULTURE
;INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN FISHERIES AND
AQUACULTURE , 2013

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