There are many dilemmas in current aquaculture. Since the environment deteriorates and new diseases, the industry is facing more and more impacts and challenges. There are many new solutions developed in this industry, such as a variety of probiotic applications. The demand for the boost of disease resistance, the growth of aquatic organisms, and the efficiency of feed has generated the use of probiotics in practices and achieved good results.
Probiotics have been used in aquaculture for more than 30 years. They were used to increase the growth rate of organisms in the early stage. Nowadays, they were developed into environmental control and improvement. The probiotic products had been progressed into multiple application models.
Currently, there are commercial probiotic products prepared from diverse bacterial species (Photosynthetic bacteria, Bacillus, Lactobacillus), and their usage is administrated by careful management and prudent recommendation. Through the improvement of the new varieties and the usage methods, it can effectively help aquaculture in the future.