A Biofloc-Based Aquaculture System Bio-augmented with Probiotic Bacteria Bacillus tequilensis AP BFT3 Improves Culture Environment,Production Performances,and Proteomic Changes in Penaeus vannamei

Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins - Experiments were conducted to evaluate the probiotic effect of bio-augmented Bacillus tequilensis AP BFT3 on improving production, immune response, and...     

Isolation,Identification of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lactobacillus mucosae</Emphasis> AN1 and its Antilisterial Peptide Purification and Characterization

Lactobacillus mucosae strain AN1 isolated from sheep milk and characterized for its probiotic suitability. In vitro evaluation of critical gut endurance properties of this strain were assessed by different screening methods such as bile salt, gastric acid, lysozyme tolerance assays, hemolytic, cholesterol reduction properties, and HT-29 cell line adhesion assay. Antibacterial peptide from this strain was purified using ammonium sulphate precipitation, gel filtration chromatography and reverse-phase HPLC. The molecular mass of peptides was determined by Tricine-SDS-PAGE and confirmed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectroscopy (MALDI-TOF-MS). Purified peptide was named as AN1 having a molecular mass of 10.66 kDa. Helical structures of peptide were determined using circular dichroism spectroscopy. Stability of peptide AN1 towards different parameters such as pH, temperature, organic solvents, proteolytic, and glycolytic enzymes was also analyzed.     

Solid-state protease production using anchovy waste meal by moderate halophile <Emphasis Type="Italic">Serratia proteamaculans</Emphasis> AP-CMST isolated from fish intestine

The possibility of utilising anchovy waste meal as a substrate for protease production by the fish gut isolate Serratia proteamaculans AP-CMST was assessed through solid-state fermentation. A time course for protease production revealed 72 h to be the optimum duration for higher production (146.24 U/g). The most suitable pH, temperature and moisture level observed for higher protease production were pH 7 (123.5 U/g), 30°C (97.22 U/g) and 75% (126.7 U/g), respectively. Protease production by S. proteamaculans AP-CMST was high in medium with added xylose (198.21 U/g), peptone (118.42 U/g), Triton X-100 (152.56 U/g) and manganese sulphate (178.33 U/g) when compared to other tested medium components. The halotolerancy of S. proteamaculans AP-CMST for protease production was 4% sodium chloride (155.65 U/g). Enzyme recovery from fermented anchovy waste meal was greatest (130.52 U/g) when 10% ethyl acetate was used as the extractant, and the optimum time range for extraction was 90–120 min.