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ArticleScientific reports2024

Microbial community-based protein from soybean-processing wastewater as a sustainable alternative fish feed ingredient.

Ezequiel Santillan, Fanny Yasumaru, Ramanujam Srinivasan Vethathirri, Sara Swa Thi, Hui Yi Hoon, Diana Chan Pek Sian, Stefan Wuertz

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ezequiel Santillan *Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637551, Singapore.
Fanny Yasumaru *Aquaculture Innovation Centre, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore, 529757, Singapore.
Ramanujam Srinivasan VethathirriSingapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637551, Singapore.
Sara Swa ThiSingapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637551, Singapore.
Hui Yi HoonSingapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637551, Singapore.
Diana Chan Pek SianAquaculture Innovation Centre, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore, 529757, Singapore. Diana_CHAN@tp.edu.sg.
Stefan WuertzSingapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637551, Singapore. swuertz@ntu.edu.sg.
Nanyang Technological University · SGSingapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering · SGTemasek Polytechnic · SG

Funding

Ministry of Education - Singapore Research Centre of Excellence ProgramNational Research Foundation Singapore NRF-CRP21-2018-0006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the global demand for food increases, aquaculture plays a key role as the fastest growing animal protein sector. However, existing aquafeeds contain protein ingredients that are not sustainable under current production systems. We evaluated the use of microbial community-based single cell protein (SCP), produced from soybean processing wastewater, as a partial fishmeal protein substitute in juvenile Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer). A 24-day feeding trial was conducted with a control fishmeal diet and a 50% fishmeal replacement with microbial community-based SCP as an experimental group, in triplicate tanks containing 20 fish each. Both diets met the protein, essential amino acids (except for lysine), and fat requirements for juvenile Asian sea bass. The microbial composition of the SCP was dominated by the genera Acidipropionibacterium and Propioniciclava, which have potential as probiotics and producers of valuable metabolites. The growth performance in terms of percent weight gain, feed conversion ratio (FCR), specific growth rate (SGR), and survival were not significantly different between groups after 24 days. The experimental group had less variability in terms of weight gain and FCR than the control group. Overall, microbial community-based protein produced from soybean processing wastewater has potential as a value-added feed ingredient for sustainable aquaculture feeds.

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MicrobiotaPerciformesAnimal FeedAnimalsDietFishesGlycine maxWastewaterWeight GainWastewater

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PMID38297061
PMCPMC10831065
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