Evaluation of the heterotrophic bacteria and vibrio load in an integrated shrimp-mollusc-macroalgae culture system

Anselmo Miranda-Baeza, César Orozco-Medina, Martha Elisa Rivas-Vega, Antonio Luna-González

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Abstract

The load of heterotrophic bacteria and Vibrio spp. were evaluated in an integrated culture system of Litopenaeus vannamei Boone 1931, Mytella guyanensis Lamarck 1819 y Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Ohmi) Papenfuss, lasting for 45 days. The concentrations of heterotrophic bacteria were statistically similar at the beginning and at the end of the integrated culture and non-integrated culture (control), within a range from 106 to 107 CFU/mL; however, at the end, the total counts of vibrios in non-integrated culture were significantly higher than in an integrated culture, up to 8.8×104 UFC/mL. The integrated culture systems showed the capability to maintain load low levels of heterotrophic bacteria without detriment of the shrimp survival, reducing additionally the load of Vibrio spp.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)311-314
Number of pages4
JournalHidrobiologica
Volume25
Issue number2
StatePublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Heterotrophic bacteria
  • Litopenaeus vannamei
  • Vibrio

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