Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2023, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 124-133.doi: 10.11978/2022263CSTR: 32234.14.2022263

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Screening and identification of high protease producing strain and its application in culture of Babylonia areolata

WU Huiyu1,2(), GAO Xiuju1,2, GE Dongzhen2, ZHU Jun2,3,4, ZOU Xiaoxiao2,3,4, HUANG Huiqin2,3,4, GU Zhifeng1, BAO Shixiang2,3,4()   

  1. 1. College of Oceanography, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
    2. Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, CATAS & Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Resources of Tropical Crops of Hainan Province, Hainan Institute for Tropical Agricultural Resources, Haikou 571101, China
    3. Zhanjiang Experimental Station, CATAS, Zhanjiang 524013, China
    4. Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory for Functional Components Research and Utilization of Marine Bio-resources, CATAS, Haikou 571101, China
  • Received:2022-12-26 Revised:2023-02-27 Online:2023-09-10 Published:2023-03-08
  • Supported by:
    Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, P. R. of China(NFZX2021); Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, P. R. of China(NHYYSWZZZYKZX2020); Central Public-Interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund(1630052019014)

Abstract:

Babylonia areolata is an important marine aquaculture variety in China and Southeast Asia. Due to the pollution of the breeding substrate, the disease of Babylonia areolata happens frequently. In this study, high-yielding protease strains were screened from the bottom sand of the healthy Babylonia areolata breeding pond. The high-yielding protease strain was identified based on morphology, physiological, biochemical and molecular characteristics. Its safety was preliminarily evaluated through strain hemolytic detection and drug sensitivity test, and its fermentation medium was optimized by single-factor and orthogonal tests. Chemicalization, and under indoor aquaculture conditions, the effects of the water bodies (ammonia nitrogen, nitrite nitrogen, COD), sediment (total nitrogen, organic carbon) and the growth (survivability rate and specific growth rate) of snails were investigated. The results showed that one strain YZS02 of high-yielding protease bacillus was isolated from the bottom sand of one healthy Babylonia areolata breeding pond, and was identified as Rossellomorea vietnamensis. The strain has no hemolysis activity. Sensitive to 24 antibiotics, the optimal fermentation medium is composed of 15 g·L-1 yeast powder, soluble starch 20 g·L-1, MgCl2 8 g·L-1, sodium chloride 30 g·L-1. This optimized liquid medium is used to shake bottle fermentation for 24 hours at 30℃ and 200 r·min-1. Under this conditions, the bacterial density can reach 7.19×109 cfu·mL-1, which is 2.89 times than that before optimization. YZS02 can effectively reduce the level of ammonia nitrogen and COD in the water cultured by Babylonia areolata. It also has a postive effect on removing the total nitrogen in the bottom sand, which can effectively improve the survival rate and specific growth rate of Babylonia areolata. At the end of the experiment, the ammonia nitrogen concentration in the control group was 2.33 mg·L-1, COD was 278.37 mg·L-1, and the total nitrogen content of sis was 538.31 μg·g-1, while the ammonia nitrogen concentration in the water body of the experimental group 3 was 0.78 mg·L-1 and COD was 128.47 mg·L-1. The total nitrogen content of sediment was 128.71 μg·g-1. YZS02 can also effectively improve the survival rate and specific growth rate of Babylonia areolate.

Key words: Babylonia areolata, aquaculture, Rossellomorea vietnamensis, protease, Medium optimization