Waste‐grown phototrophic bacterium supports culture of the rotifer, Brachionus rotundiformis

• Main Authors: Loo, P.L., Chong, V.C., Vikineswary, S., Ibrahim, S.
• Format: Article
• Published: Blackwell Publishing 2015
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history; TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18640/; https://doi.org/10.1111/are.12750
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

The present and commonly used batch culture system (BCS) as adopted by many small‐scale tropical hatcheries is beset by poor rotifer production and sudden crashes. This study aimed to produce nutritive rotifers and evaluate their performance based on the BCS by using phototrophic bacteria (PB) that...