The black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) is a marine crustacean of economic importance in the world market. To ensure sustainability of the shrimp industry, production capacity and disease outbreak prevention must be improved. Understanding healthy microbial balance inside the shrimp intestine can provide an initial step toward better farming practice and probiotic applications. In this study, ...

A crustin-like antimicrobial peptide from the haemocytes of giant tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon was partially characterized at the molecular level and phylogenetic analysis was performed. The partial coding sequence of 299 bp and 91 deduced amino acid residues possessed conserved cysteine residues characteristic of the shrimp crustins. Phylogenetic tree and sequence comparison clearly confirmed...

The predominant carotenoid in prawn tissues is astaxanthin (Axn) and its role in pigmentation has been well studied. However, the effects of dietary Axn on other prawn physiological performance measures are uncertain and dietary carotenoid uptake and tissue deposition are poorly understood. This study fed juvenile prawns (Penaeus monodon) diets that contained 0, 25, 50 or 100 mg kg-1 Axn for 6 ...

BACKGROUND Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) causes hepatopancreatic microsporidiosis (HPM) in shrimp. It is probably endemic in Australasia and was first characterized and named from the giant or black tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon from Thailand in 2009. Later, it was also found to infect exotic Penaeus vannamei imported for cultivation in Asia. HPM is not normally associated with shrimp mortal...

In this work, an untargeted and pseudotargeted metabolomics combination approach was used for authentication of three shrimp species (Litopenaeus vanmamei, Penaeus japonicus, monodon). The monophasic extraction-based enabled comprehensive-coverage high-throughput analysis tissue revealed 26 potential markers. confirmed 21 markers (including 9 key markers), which realized at least putative ident...