Research Article

Assessment of Performance, Microbial Community, Bacterial Food Quality, and Gene Expression of Whiteleg Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) Reared under Different Density Biofloc Systems

Table 6

Biochemical test results of different isolated bacteria using API 20E diagnostic strips from shrimp and tanks under biofloc system under high (300/m2) and lower (100/m2) stocking density.

Stocking density
300/m2100/m2
WaterShrimpWaterShrimp
Cronobacter spp.Enterobacter cloacaeCitrobacter freundiiAeromonas HydrophilaEnterobacter cloacaeE. coli

ONPG++++++
Arginine dihydrolase++++++
Lysine decarboxylase++
Ornithine decarboxylase++++
Citrate++++
H2S+
Urease
TDA+++
Indole+
Voges-Proskauer+++
Gelatinase+++
Acid from:
 Glucose++++++
 Mannitol++++++
 Inositol
 Sorbitol+++++
 Rhamnose+++++
 Sucrose++++++
 Melibiose+++++
 Amylose+++
 Arabinose+++++