Code
01D34318
Duration
01 January 2019 → 31 December 2022
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Sustainable fishery management
Keywords
Bivalves
mutant yeasts
diet alternatives
ß-glucan
immunomodulation
Project description
Focused on finding alternatives to the high-cost microalgae production and the sensitivity of bivalves to infectious diseases, this project (1) will evaluate the nutritional value of yeast mutants as a partial replacement for microalgae in oyster larvae and spat; and (2) the effect of ß-glucan
extracted from different mutant yeasts on the activation of the immune system of oysters.