Probiotics and bacteriocins in Nile Tilapia feeding: effects on growth performance, immunology and experimental infection

• Grant number: 22/02936-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: May 01, 2022
• End date: August 17, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Fishery Resources and Fishery Engineering - Aquaculture
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Pinheiro de Souza Oliveira
• Grantee: Sebastián Armando Bermúdez Puga
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas (FCF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/25511-1 - Bioprospecting of bacteriocin-producing bacteria: from culture optimization to the application in animal production systems, AP.TEM
• Associated scholarship(s): 23/12831-6 - Accelerating antimicrobial peptide-based drug development via cell-free systems, BE.EP.DD

Abstract

The present workplan aims to formulate a specific basal diet for Nile Tilapia; to evaluate the zootechnical variables and hematological, immunological, and microbiological parameters. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BERMUDEZ-PUGA, SEBASTIAN; DIAS, MERIELLEN; DE OLIVEIRA, TACIANA FREIRE; MENDONCA, CARLOS MIGUEL NOBREGA; DE ALMEIDA, SONIA REGINA YOKOMIZO; ROZAS, ENRIQUE EDUARDO; DO NASCIMENTO, CLAUDIO AUGUSTO OLLER; MENDES, MARIA ANITA; DE AZEVEDO, PAMELA OLIVEIRA DE SOUZA; ALMEIDA, JOSE R.; et al. Dual antibacterial mechanism of [K4K15]CZS-1 against Salmonella Typhimurium: a membrane active and intracellular-targeting antimicrobial peptide. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, v. 14, p. 14-pg., 2023-12-14. (22/07556-3, 20/15599-9, 22/04841-9, 18/25511-1, 22/02936-2)

BERMUDEZ-PUGA, SEBASTAIN; DIAS, MERIELLEN; REIS, IARA LIMA; DE OLIVEIRA, TACIANA FREIRE; DE ALMEIDA, SONIA REGINA YOKOMIZO; MENDES, MARIA ANITA; MOORE, SIMON J.; ALMEIDA, JOSE R.; PROANO-BOLANOS, CAROLINA; DE SOUZA OLIVEIRA, RICARDO PINHEIRO. Microscopic and metabolomics analysis of the anti-Listeria activity of natural and engineered cruzioseptins. Biochimie, v. 225, p. 8-pg., 2024-06-06. (18/25511-1, 20/15599-9, 22/02936-2)