Isolation and screening of lactic acid bacteria, Lactococcus lactis from Clarias gariepinus (African catfish) with potential use as probiotic in aquaculture

• Main Authors: Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Haziyamin, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Jalil, Muhammad Fauzi, Azhar, Nur Shazana
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Journals 2012
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/23417/1/African-catfish_Hamid_et_al.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/23417/; http://academicjournals.org/ajb/abstracts/abs2012/10Apr/Hamid%20et%20al.htm
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

In aquaculture probiotic feeding could play a crucial role in developing microbial control strategies, since disease outbreaks are recognized as important constraints to aquaculture production and the fear of antibiotic resistance. In this study, lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains from the intestina...