Biofloc Technology: Emerging Microbial Biotechnology for the Improvement of Aquaculture Productivity
| Autor: | Fazlul Haque, Mohammed A. Ghandourah, Ahmed Al Otaibi, Mamdouh Al Harbi, Mohammed Broom, Bandar A. Al-Mur, Mamdoh T. Jamal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Microbiology (medical) BFT lcsh:QH426-470 Nitrogen Fish farming 030106 microbiology Population lcsh:QR1-502 Fisheries Aquaculture 01 natural sciences Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Microbiology lcsh:Microbiology 03 medical and health sciences Fish stocking biofloc 010608 biotechnology Water Quality wastes Production (economics) Animals education Productivity education.field_of_study business.industry Microbiota Fishes General Medicine Natural resource Animal Feed Biotechnology lcsh:Genetics Environmental science Water quality microbes business |
| Zdroj: | Polish Journal of Microbiology, Vol 69, Iss 4 (2020) Polish Journal of Microbiology |
| ISSN: | 2544-4646 |
| Popis: | With the significant increases in the human population, global aquaculture has undergone a great increase during the last decade. The management of optimum conditions for fish production, which are entirely based on the physicochemical and biological qualities of water, plays a vital role in the prompt aquaculture growth. Therefore, focusing on research that highlights the understanding of water quality and breeding systems’ stability is very important. The biofloc technology (BFT) is a system that maximizes aquaculture productivity by using microbial biotechnology to increase the efficacy and utilization of fish feeds, where toxic materials such as nitrogen components are treated and converted to a useful product, like a protein for using as supplementary feeds to the fish and crustaceans. Thus, biofloc is an excellent technology used to develop the aquaculture system under limited or zero water exchange with high fish stocking density, strong aeration, and biota. This review is highlighted on biofloc composition and mechanism of system work, especially the optimization of water quality and treatment of ammonium wastes. In addition, the advantages and disadvantages of the BFT system have been explained. Finally, the importance of contemporary research on biofloc systems as a figure of microbial biotechnology has been emphasized with arguments for developing this system for better production of aquaculture with limited natural resources of water. |
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