Abstract

VILLAMIL DIAZ, Luisa Marcela  and  ESGUERRA RODRIGUEZ, Daniel. Enterococcus, Myroides, and Exiguobacterium: Bacterial Genus with Probiotic Potential for Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Culture. Acta biol.Colomb. [online]. 2017, vol.22, n.3, pp.331-339. ISSN 0120-548X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/abc.v22n3.59974.

120 bacteria were isolated from tilapia intestine and screened according to the antibacterial activity against pathogens such as Aeromonas hydrophila, Edwardsiella tarda and Streptococcus agalactiae, the ability to adhere to intestinal mucus and growth kinetics. The selected bacteria were identified by 16S rRNA sequencing of and were identified as Exigobacterium sp. I9, Enterococcus faecalis l15 and Myroides odoratimimus l19. Furthermore, the in vivo effect on fish growth was assessed by the addition of selected bacteria to juvenile Oreochromis niloticus feed (106 CFU / g, for 15 days). Survival was also determined after a challenge by intraperitoneal injection of E. tarda (100 µL of 105 UFC / mL). The three selected bacteria increased the specific growth rate, reduced mortality of fish during the experimental challenge with E. tarda and did not cause mortality during the addition in the feed. The positive effects observed in vivo are possibly associated with in vitro activity; however, for biosafety reasons, it is recommended that further studies of Exigobacterium sp. l9 and E. faecalis l15 may be carried out since this genus have been reported of as causative agents of fish mortality, whereas in the case of M. odoratimimus l19, verification of positive effects at a higher production scales is desirable.

Keywords : Edwardsiella tarda; fish culture; fish diseases; growth promoter.

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