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ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY
Volume 106, Issue -, Pages 48-54Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2017.07.002
Keywords
Yarrowia lipolytica; Selenium nanoparticles; Artemia satin; Aquaculture
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- University Grants Commission under UPE Phase II
- DST, Govt. of India [DST/KIRAN/SoRF-PM/022/2015(G)]
- Savitribai Phule Pune University
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Controlling disease outbreaks is a major challenge in aquaculture farms and conventional methods are often ineffective. Nutritional supplementation and probiotic preparations help in reducing severity of such infections. The generally regarded as safe yeast (Yarrowia lipolytica) was used in the current study. A marine strain of Y. lipolytica exhibited tolerance towards sodium selenite and formed cell associated selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs). The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by UV vis spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) observations. Fourier transform infra-red (FTIR) spectroscopy indicated the role of carboxylic and amine groups in the synthesis of nanoparticles. This SeNP-enriched biomass was used as feed for the model aquaculture system, Artemia sauna and compared with normal feed, baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). A. sauna fed with SeNP-enriched biomass, showed increased survival rates (96.66%) as compared to those fed with S. cerevisiae (60.0%). The size of the larvae fed with SeNP-enriched biomass of Y. lipolytica was also found to be larger. Additionally, larval groups fed with SeNP-enriched biomass were better protected (70.0% survival) against V. harveyi infection when compared with groups fed with S. cerevisiae (24.44%). This combination of selenium in the nanoparticle form associated with the biomass of Y. lipolytica has potential application in improving health of aquaculture species in farms.
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