Biofloc Technology: Emerging Microbial Biotechnology for the Improvement of Aquaculture Productivity

With the significant increases in the human population, global aquaculture has undergone a great increase during the last decade. The management of optimum conditions for fish production, which are entirely based on the physicochemical and biological qualities of water, plays a vital role in the pro...

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Published in:Polish journal of microbiology 2020-12, Vol.69 (4), p.401-409
Main Authors: Jamal, Mamdoh T, Broom, Mohammed, Al-Mur, Bandar A, Al Harbi, Mamdouh, Ghandourah, Mohammed, Al Otaibi, Ahmed, Haque, Md Fazlul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aeration
Ammonium
Aquaculture
Aquaculture products
Assimilation
Bacteria
BFT
biofloc
Biota
Biotechnology
Carbon
Crustaceans
Feeds
Fish
Fish feeds
Fish stocking
Human populations
microbes
Microbiology
Microorganisms
Natural resources
Nitrogen
Nutrition
Optimization
Ponds
Productivity
Proteins
Quality control
Sustainable development
Tilapia
Toxic materials
wastes
Water exchange
Water quality
Water resources
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Summary:With the significant increases in the human population, global aquaculture has undergone a great increase during the last decade. The management of optimum conditions for fish production, which are entirely based on the physicochemical and biological qualities of water, plays a vital role in the prompt aquaculture growth. Therefore, focusing on research that highlights the understanding of water quality and breeding systems' stability is very important. The biofloc technology (BFT) is a system that maximizes aquaculture productivity by using microbial biotechnology to increase the efficacy and utilization of fish feeds, where toxic materials such as nitrogen components are treated and converted to a useful product, like a protein for using as supplementary feeds to the fish and crustaceans. Thus, biofloc is an excellent technology used to develop the aquaculture system under limited or zero water exchange with high fish stocking density, strong aeration, and biota. This review is highlighted on biofloc composition and mechanism of system work, especially the optimization of water quality and treatment of ammonium wastes. In addition, the advantages and disadvantages of the BFT system have been explained. Finally, the importance of contemporary research on biofloc systems as a figure of microbial biotechnology has been emphasized with arguments for developing this system for better production of aquaculture with limited natural resources of water.
ISSN:2544-4646
1733-1331
2544-4646
DOI:10.33073/pjm-2020-049