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Microbiome changes of an integrated aquaculture system of shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei and seaweed Ulva lactuca with different water exchanges

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Benefits of integrated shrimp/seaweed culture systems have been investigated; nevertheless, knowledge of the importance of microorganisms in the systems is limited. In the present study, we evaluated shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei under four experimental conditions: fed pelleted diet in the presence of Ulva lactuca with (UPE) and without water exchange (UPN) and fed only a pelleted diet with (PE) and without water exchange (PN). Bacterial communities present in shrimp, seaweed, and water were analyzed after 4 weeks of an experimental trial. Our results showed significantly lower shrimp final weight, weight gain, specific growth rate (SGR), and higher feed conversion ratio (FCR) with PN treatment compared to the rest of the treatments (P < 0.05). Seaweed resulted in lower relative abundance of Vibrio in the presence of shrimp (UPE and UPN) compared to monoculture (Ulv). Shrimp intestine presented lower Vibrio and significantly increased Sagittula and Lutimonas in treatments without water exchange. In the case of shrimp fed only pellet with water exchange (PE), a significantly higher relative abundance of Lucibacterium and Planctomicrobium genera was found compared to PN, UPE, and UPN treatments. The results suggest that the seaweed in a system with no water exchange is advantageous to promote water bacterial diversity, and that reduces the relative abundance of Vibrio in shrimp gut. Additionally, PERMANOVA analyses revealed that both seaweed presence and water exchange are significant factors in structuring the culture system microbiota (P < 0.001). The present study contributes to understanding the importance of microbial communities in shrimp/seaweed integrated aquaculture systems.

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We thank Gran Mar Company for kindly donating the shrimp juveniles; Sandra de la Paz-Reyes and Gabriel Robles-Villegas from the Laboratory of Aquaculture Nutrition, Sindi Areli Juan Antúnez from the Chemical Analysis Laboratory and Proteomics and Genetic Toxicology Laboratory at CIBNOR for all the facilities and technical support.

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This work was supported by Laboratorio de Genómica y Bioinformática, CIBNOR.

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Alberto Peña-Rodríguez conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, and wrote the article. Alexia Omont performed the experiments and was responsible for data collection. Eduardo Quiroz Guzmán conceived and designed the experiments and analyzed the data. Gabriela Mendoza-Carrión helped with analysis and interpretation data. Oscar Daniel García-Pérez prepared figures and analyzed the data. Regina Elizondo-González conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, and reviewed drafts of the paper. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Correspondence to Regina Elizondo-González.

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Peña-Rodríguez, A., Omont, A., Quiroz-Guzmán, E. et al. Microbiome changes of an integrated aquaculture system of shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei and seaweed Ulva lactuca with different water exchanges. Aquacult Int 32, 1955–1973 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10499-023-01253-x

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