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- Title
Development of a low-cost technology for mass production of the free-living nematode Panagrellus redivivus as an alternative live food for first feeding fish larvae.
- Authors
Ricci, M.; Fifi, A. P.; Ragni, A.; Schlechtriem, C.; Focken, U.
- Abstract
The free-living nematode Panagrellus redivivus is a suitable food source for first feeding fish. In the present report, a new method for the mass production of P. redivivus is presented. The technique involves multiplication of the nematode in monoxenic (single microorganism: Saccharomyces cerevisiae) solid culture (fluid media supported by 1- to 4-cm3 sponge cubes) in autoclavable plastic bags (size range: 50×30 cm to 75×67 cm). Two growing media were tested: oat-meal medium (OM), which is an oat-based medium (16.7% oat-meal flour in 0.8% saline solution), and purified ingredient medium (PIM), a semi-synthetic medium (1.64% meat peptone, 0.94% yeast extract, 12.6% corn starch, 0.24% glucose, 1.48% sunflower oil, in 0.8% saline solution). The bags were inoculated with 350 nematodes/g medium. After an average period of 12 days (11–13 days) at 25 °C, the average yield (number of nematodes/g medium) was 241×103 for OM and 333×103 for PIM in 12-l bags (50×30 cm). The production scale has currently reached a bag volume of 50 l (75×67 cm); using PIM and the conditions described above, it was possible to harvest more than 1.3×109 nematodes/bag (291×103 nematodes/g medium). In PIM, when sun flower oil was replaced with the same amount of fish oil or cod liver oil, yields of 259×103 and 290×103 nematodes/g medium, respectively, were attained. The technology for mass production and formulation of P. redivivus should enable fish-hatchery operators to rely on a cheap, standardised, and permanently available live food product for first feeding fish larvae.
- Subjects
FISH larvae; SUNFLOWER seed oil; GLUCOSE; PEPTONES; SACCHAROMYCES cerevisiae
- Publication
Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology, 2003, Vol 60, Issue 5, p556
- ISSN
0175-7598
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00253-002-1178-2