Acronym FishPhage
Category
Aquaculture
Title Phage therapy: an innovative technology to inactivate pathogenic bacteria in european seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Programme International Cooperation
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
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Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
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Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source Other Coordinator Adelaide Almeida Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (Portugal)
Institutions involved
SJTU - Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China) ,
Start year 2017 End year 2019 Funding (€) € 10,800 Website https://www.cesam-la.pt/projetos/fishphage-phage-therapy-an-innovative-technology-to-inactivate-pathogenic-bacteria-in-european-seabass-dicentrarchus-labrax/ Summary "One of the main financial losses for the fish farming industry is the development of infections caused by pathogenic bacteria, especially antibiotic-resistant strains. This problem is most prominent in the early stages of fish development, and is difficult to treat with traditional antibiotics and vaccination. Consequently, it is necessary to develop treatment alternatives to traditional techniques that respect the environment in order to increase the efficiency of aquaculture and reduce the environmental impact, avoiding the development of resistant strains.
The FishPhage Project aims to test an innovative and recently developed procedure, phage therapy, allowing the inactivation of pathogenic bacteria in fish farms. The possibility of inactivating pathogenic bacteria, without any risk to fish and the environment, associated with the low cost of the process, can be an efficient, safe and profitable technology. In this project, we will isolate different phages, and build a phage library. To obtain the best phage to use, the lysis capacity of the phages will be evaluated. A laboratory-scale phage therapy protocol will be developed. Then, the evaluation of the new protocol will be tested in industrial fish farms and the parameters will be optimized."
Keywords
Larvae;
Fish;
Fish health;
Seabass;
Larval rearing;
Land-based aquaculture;
Bacteria;
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