Sujani Gudipati

Head R and D, Advance Aqua Bio Technologies India Private Limited AABT Global Towers, D.No. 7-776, Tadigadapa-Enikepadu 100 feet Road, Kanuru, Vijayawada-521137, Krishna (Dist), A.P., India
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International Journal of Aquaculture, 2024, Vol. 14, No. 6   doi: 10.5376/ija.2024.14.0028
Received: 10 Sep., 2024    Accepted: 25 Oct., 2024    Published: 15 Nov., 2024

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Sujani G., 2024, Unwinding the potential of probiotics in aquaculture, International Journal of Aquaculture, 14(6): 280-287 (doi: 10.5376/ija.2024.14.0028)

The recent past has seen an over growing interest in the probiotics, considering them as efficient bioremidiators, due to their therapeutic and prophylactic activities. More so in aquaculture where the need for growth, feed efficiency, water quality, disease resistance and immunity are of prominence. Earlier studies and research on the role of the probiotics in aquaculture prove their importance and efficiency. The planned combination of formulated probiotics improved the health and nutrition of the organism, also enhanced the water quality by proper breakdown of the organic matter, reducing the toxic nitrogenous compounds to the non-toxic forms, reduction of the bacterial and microbial loads. Probiotics seem to install, improve and compensate for the various functions of the pond ecosystem and the organism therein. This study tried to explore, in an authenticated manner, the probiotic potential in aquaculture, focusing mainly on the mechanism, methods of applications, mode of action, focusing on their advantages over existing practices. The findings of this study highlight the importance of addition of probiotics to aquaculture, these work by preventing the colonization of the harmful bacteria, reduce the microbial load by competitive exclusion, promote sustainability and environmental health by their enzymatic mechanism. A kind of bioremidiation, using the beneficial living strains with no risk of toxicity and developing resistance, unharmful to the aquaculture system and the environment.

Bio remediation; Colonization; Competitive exclusion; Enzymatic mechanism; Living strains; Microbial; Probiotics