Article
Antimicrobial peptide gene expression in tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon in response to gram-positive bacterial probionts and white spot virus challenge
2011-06-01
Abstract excerpt
Prophylactic approach is gaining more and more importance in aquaculture, because of the ever increasing outbreak of viral diseases and the regulations on the use of chemotherapeutants. Use of probiotics has been widely accepted in aquaculture for the prevention and control of diseases. But the exact mode of action of probiotic bacteria still remains enigmatic. The use of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as a therape...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 9d949c43-9b6e-5036-880a-40fa1d87ef69
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.03.025
