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Abstract
Aquaculture is a rapidly growing food producing sector that is vulnerable to disease outbreaks. Since persistent application of antibiotics is associated with certain drawbacks, current focus on enhancing performance of aquaculture species is via use of environment-friendly nutritional supplementations, probiotic preparations and immunostimulants. Microorganisms belonging to ‘Generally Regarded as Safe’ category capable of utilizing low-cost substrates, containing high protein contents and exhibiting desirable fatty acid profiles are important in this regard. In current study, a psychrotrophic marine yeast Yarrowia bubula capable of growing on waste cooking oil (WCO), whey and raw glycerol was assessed for its potential as aquaculture feed. When concentrations of substrates were varied individually, maximum biomass was obtained when WCO, whey and glycerol were provided at 1.5, 50 and 1 % levels, respectively. Effect of the obtained biomass on the crustacean model system Artemia salina was studied with respect to its growth, survival and resistance towards aquaculture pathogens. Biomass of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Y. bubula grown on glucose were considered as ‘control’ samples (C1 and C2, respectively). While, Y. bubula cultivated on WCO (F1), whey (F2) and glycerol (F3) were the ‘test’ feed samples. Crustaceans fed with F3 samples were bigger in size and exhibited well-developed appendages. Moreover, A. salina groups fed with F3 and F1 feeds displayed better survival of 88.89 ± 7.70 and 79.99 ± 11.55 %, respectively. Compared to other diets, specimens fed with these two diets showed enhanced resistance towards Vibrio harveyi (F3: 44.44 ± 10.18 % and F1: 39.99 ± 6.67 %) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (F3: 68.88 ± 3.85 % and F1: 62.22 ± 3.85 %). There was upregulation of hsp70, tgase and proPO mRNA levels in groups of larvae fed with Y. bubula diets C2, F1, F2 and F3, compared to those fed with S. cerevisiae C1, suggestive of the former biomass being instrumental in enhancing immunity. Pearson correlation analysis indicated that total protein, lipid contents and fatty acid compositions of Y. bubula were key factors contributing towards increased survival, disease resistance and expression of immune related genes (hsp70 and proPO) in A. salina. This study is the first report that shows the potential of Y. bubula capable of growing on low-cost substrates in improving survival, overall health and immune responses in aquaculture species.
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Aquaculture is an international journal for the exploration, improvement and management of all freshwater and marine food resources. It publishes novel and innovative research of world-wide interest on farming of aquatic organisms, which includes finfish, mollusks, crustaceans and aquatic plants for human consumption. Research on ornamentals is not a focus of the Journal. Aquaculture only publishes papers with a clear relevance to improving aquaculture practices or a potential application.