Project

The impact of bacteria-bacteria and host-bacteria signaling on larviculture of giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Code
01DI0114
Duration
01 September 2014 → 31 August 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Microbiology
    • Systems biology
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Microbiology
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Laboratory medicine
    • Microbiology
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Fisheries sciences
Keywords
vibriosis host-pathogen interaction quorum quenching
 
Project description

The giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii is a commercially important freshwater aquaculture species. In this study we investigate the impact of inhibition of bacterial cell-to-cell communication and interference with sensing of host stress hormones on bacterial disease in Macrobrachium. These strategies could be a valid and sustainable alternative to the use of antibiotics.