PROBIOTIC POTENTIAL OF Bacillus cereus AGAINST Vibrio spp. IN POST-LARVAE SHRIMPS

Authors

  • Juliana Maria Aderaldo Vidal Academic Unit of Serra Talhada, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Serra Talhada, PE
  • Maurício Nogueira da Cruz Pessôa Academic Unit of Serra Talhada, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Serra Talhada, PE
  • Fernando Leandro dos Santos Department of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, PE
  • Paulo de Paula Mendes Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, PE
  • Emiko Shinozaki Mendes Department of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, PE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-21252018v31n226rc

Keywords:

Litopenaeus vannamei. Antimicrobial. Bacillus cereus. Vibriosis.

Abstract

Bacillus spp. have been used against diseases caused by bacteria that affect cultured shrimp, providing beneficial effects on the host shrimps by altering their microbial community, and improving zootechnical indexes. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of a diet supplemented with Bacillus cereus—a bacterium with probiotic potential—on post-larvae Litopenaeus vannamei shrimps grown in laboratory. The experiment lasted for fifteen days and consisted of six treatments—control (T1), probiotic (T2), Vibrio parahaemolyticus (VP) (T3), probiotic and VP (T4), V. alginolyticus (VA) (T5), and probiotic and VA (T6). The survival rate, weight gain, colonization capacity of the probiotic bacteria, pathogen count, and histopathological lesions were evaluated. There was no significant difference (p≥0.05) in survival between treatments. The groups with pathogens and without probiotics presented lower weight gain. The result of the Bacillus cereus count in the treatments T2, T4 and T6 were significantly different (p<0.05), the probiotic bacteria were more aggressive in competing for space and nutrients when compared to V. parahaemolyticus than when compared to V. alginolyticus. Animals fed with the probiotic presented lower counts of these pathogens than those fed without the probiotic (p<0.05). No histopathological lesions were found in the organs and tissues of the shrimps. Bacillus cereus showed a high colonizing capacity in post-larvae shrimps, causing a significant reduction of pathogens, probably by secreting antimicrobial substances and the competitive exclusion, which justifies their use as probiotic bacteria.

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Author Biographies

Juliana Maria Aderaldo Vidal, Academic Unit of Serra Talhada, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Serra Talhada, PE

DOCENTE DO CURSO DE ENGENHARIA DE PESCA DA UNIDADE ACADÊMICA DE SERRA TALHADA, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO

Fernando Leandro dos Santos, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, PE

DOCENTE DO DEPARTAMENTO DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO

Paulo de Paula Mendes, Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, PE

DEPARTAMENTO DE PESCA E AQUICULTURA, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO

Emiko Shinozaki Mendes, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, PE

DOCENTE DO DEPARTAMENTO DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO.

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06-04-2018

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