Global Aquaculture Alliance — The Advocate
Probiotics for marine larviculture offer an alternative to the prophylactic use of antibiotics in aquaculture, which may lead to drug-resistance.
Probiotics used as bottom soil and water quality enhancers are primarily cultures of living bacteria, enzyme preparations, or the two combined.
Evidence that the use of probiotics is beneficial to survival of high-value tropical species of marine fish remains largely anecdotal.
An aquaculture probiotic is a bacterial supplement to manipulate microbial communities in the water and to improve growth and survival of the cultured species.