Colonization of the Gastrointestinal Tract of the Farmed South African Abalone Haliotis midae by the Probionts Vibrio midae SY9, Cryptococcus sp. SS1, and Debaryomyces hansenii AY1 |
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Authors: | Brett M. Macey Vernon E. Coyne |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa;(2) Present address: Hollings Marine Laboratory, 331 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412, USA |
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Abstract: | Viable cell counts and/or in situ hybridization were used to determine whether the probionts Vibrio midae SY9, Cryptococcus sp. SS1, and Debaryomyces hansenii AY1 can colonize the gastrointestinal tract of the South African abalone Haliotis midae. The number of culturable probiotic cells reisolated from H. midae fed probiotic-supplemented feed for 3 weeks ranged from 106 to 107 cfu/g gut material. A significant decrease (P < 0.05) in probiont numbers 2 days after feeding the probiotic-supplemented feed had been halted correlated with a significant decrease (P < 0.05) in intestinal protease and amylase activity. There was a positive correlation between Cryptococcus sp. SS1 and amylase activity (r2 = 0.681) and V. midae SY9.8 and protease activity (r2 = 0.711) in the H. midae intestine. Although culturable probionts were isolated from abalone that had not been fed probiotic-supplemented feed for a 2-week period, the drop in the number of probiotic cells colonizing the abalone digestive tract 2 days after feeding with the probiotic-supplemented feed had been halted indicates that farmed abalone should be fed probiotic-supplemented feed at least every second day for maximum benefit. |
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Keywords: | abalone amylase colonization in situ hybridization probiotics protease |
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