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Probiotics: Live Boon to Aquaculture

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A brief review of live bacterial cells with diversified beneficial features as warriors in aquaculture is focused and explored in multiple ways in and around the world. There are many reports on Probiotics’ potential widely employed in humans and in farmed animals. Probiotic feed are the wider practice in aquaculture industry. In this review, themes discussed are the aquatic probiotics, types, forms, selection criteria, application of probiotics and benefits of the same.

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The authors are thankful to the UGC for providing financial support through Major research project (F.No: 38-239/2009 (SR)); thankful to the Department of Zoology, The Madura College (Autonomous), Madurai and Department of Animal Science, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.

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    Ramasamy Thirumurugan & Venkatasamy Vignesh

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Thirumurugan, R., Vignesh, V. (2015). Probiotics: Live Boon to Aquaculture. In: Perumal, S., A.R., T., Pachiappan, P. (eds) Advances in Marine and Brackishwater Aquaculture. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2271-2_6

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