Project

Nutritional and microbial studies in larval aquaculture

Code
WO03015
Duration
01 October 2015 → 30 March 2020
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Agricultural animal production
    • Fisheries sciences
    • Veterinary medicine
Keywords
microbiology aquaculture
 
Project description

Host-microbial interactions are the aim of the project. Standardised gnotobiotic culture methods were designed for aquaculture model organisms. The effect of feed and feed components on the host-microbial interactions and the non-specific immune system are investigated. This is facilitated through the availability of the annotated Artemia genome. In a second phase, the knowledge will be applied to other aquaculture organisms.