Health benefits of butyrate and its producing bacterium, Clostridium butyricum, on aquatic animals

Ngoc Tuan Tran; Huifen Liang; Jinkun Li; Taoqiu Deng; Ming Zhang; Shengkang Li

Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports (Dec 2023)

Health benefits of butyrate and its producing bacterium, Clostridium butyricum, on aquatic animals

Ngoc Tuan Tran,
Huifen Liang,
Jinkun Li,
Taoqiu Deng,
Ming Zhang,
Shengkang Li

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Ngoc Tuan Tran: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China; Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China
Huifen Liang: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China; Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China
Jinkun Li: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China; Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China
Taoqiu Deng: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China; Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China
Ming Zhang: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China; Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China
Shengkang Li: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China; Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China; Corresponding author at: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biology, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4
p. 100088

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Aquaculture plays an important role in contributing to global food security and nutrition; thus, the intensification and diversification of aquaculture are increasingly considered. However, paralleling the development of the industrial scale in aquaculture, the occurrence of diseases is always an important issue that causes great losses in economics. The finding of approaches that not only improve culture production but also reduce the impact of diseases in cultured animals is crucially essential. Previously, several studies have addressed the potential application of feed additives, such as prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics, and microbial-derived metabolites (including short-chain fatty acids-SCFAs), in aquaculture. In this review, we provide an update focusing on the health benefits of dietary supplementation with a type of SCFAs, butyrate, and its producer, Clostridium butyricum, including their effects on growth, feed utilization, body composition, intestinal structure and function, antioxidant activity, immune response, and tolerance against stress and infection in aquatic animals. The outcomes of this study may indicate more benefits of the use of C. butyricum than that of butyrate (and its forms). This review provides general knowledge of the efficacy of butyrate and C. butyricum in aquaculture.

Published in Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports

ISSN: 2667-0119 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Zoology
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/fish-and-shellfish-immunology-reports/

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