Pacific white shrimp vannamei

Microbial community analysis of water, foregut, and hindgut during growth of Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, in closed-system aquaculture, J World Aquae Soc, 39,251-258. 

THOMPSON J, GREGORY S, PLUMMER S, SHIELDS R J and ROWLEY A F (2010) An in vitro and in vivo assessment of the potential of Vibrio spp. as probiotics for the Pacific White shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei,J Appl Microbiol, 109,1177-1187. 

Pig. 11.1 Photograph of harvest-size pacific white (Litopenaeus vannamei - middle) and Pacific blue shrimp (L. stylirostris - top and bottom). The shrimp are the same age. They were stocked as PLs into the same pond at the same time. Note that L. vannamei weighs approximately 30% less than L. stylirostris. 

A.L. (2007) Dietary supplementation of short-chain fructooligosaccharides influences gastrointestinal microbiota composition and immunity characteristics of pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, cultured in a recirculating system. 

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