Shrimp aquaculture industry is facing diseases problems, viral and bacterial pathogens that take advantage of the weak immunity of shrimp and an altered gut microbial community. Also probiotics practices in aquaculture started to be of importance for increased resistant disease, aquatic organisms growth, and feed efficiency. Later they are used to improve water quality of bacterial infections. Today, there is an evidence that probiotics can improve the digestibility of nutrients, increase tolerance to stress, and encourage reproduction. They are substances containing live microorganisms secreted by microorganisms that stimulate growth of other organisms. Currently, many commercial probiotic products made by bacterial species such as Lactobacillus sp., Bacillus sp., Carnobacterium sp., Enterococcus sp., and also from yeast i.e. Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This review article gives brief explanation on probiotics, their types, origin, mode of action, types of diseases they can control, ability to improve the nutrients digestion, increase stress tolerance and increase of reproduction.
Key words: Probiotics, Disease control, immunomodulation, shrimp culture
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