Assessing the Effects of Rotifer Feed Enrichments on Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) Larvae and Post-Larvae Gut-Associated Bacterial Communities.

ABSTRACT: Live feed enrichments are often used in fish larvicultures as an optimized source of essential nutrients to improve larval growth and survival. In addition to this, they may also play an important role in structuring larval-associated microbial communities and may help improve their resistance to diseases. However, there is limited information available on how larval microbial communities and larviculture water are influenced by different live feed enrichments. In the present study, we investigated the effects of two commercial rotifer enrichments (ER) on turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) larval and post-larval gut-associated bacterial communities during larviculture production. We evaluated their effects on bacterial populations related to known pathogens and beneficial bacteria and th

SUBMITTER: Louvado A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9962078 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature