Beneficial Microorganisms in Aquaculture, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue seeks to uncover the role of microorganisms in the maintenance of health and welfare of cultured aquatic species, including animals and plants. Aside from in vivo studies, we welcome research using in vitro/ex vivo systems to study microorganism–host interactions in accordance with the 3Rs. Advanced lab-based methods, including cell lines, fish explant cultures, simulated in vitro digestion, etc., can substantially reduce the use of animals, at least in the initial screening or selection phases of research. We aim to provide a unique overview of the in vitro methods used to test the interaction between microbes and aquatic organisms. Furthermore, modifications of the nutritive value of feeds and live food (e.g., brine shrimp and rotifers), as well as the microbial composition of live food using microorganisms are of special interest. This may be particularly relevant for larval fish, which have incompletely developed digestive and immunological systems, making them vulnerable to microbial overgrowth and feed digestibility issues. We invite researchers to share innovative and applicative ex vivo and in vivo results that are relevant to the topic. The interpretation of the data should be based on thorough statistical analysis. Bioinformatics and machine learning methods would be highly appreciated. We additionally welcome review articles giving a systematic overview of microbiota compositions in different species at different life stages, etc. A systematized presentation of the existing knowledge about microbiota is necessary, considering the growing amount of information resulting from rapidly progressing microbiota sequencing methods.

Dr. Jovanka Lukić
Guest Editor

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• microbiota
• aquaculture
• fish
• growth stages
• indoor rearing
• feed digestion
• infection

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