Santos, Rafaela A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5747-4248
Oliva-Teles, Aires
Pousão-Ferreira, Pedro
Jerusik, Russell
Saavedra, Maria J.
Enes, Paula
Serra, Cláudia R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (SFRH/BD/131069/2017)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia and European Regional Development Fund (UID/Multi/04423/2019 (POCI-01-0145- FEDER-007621))
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia and European Regional Development Fund (UID/AGR/04033/2019)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia and European Regional Development Fund (UID/CVT/00772/2019)
Article History
Received: 18 August 2020
Accepted: 17 January 2021
First Online: 5 February 2021
Declarations
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: Animal experiments were approved by the Animal Welfare Committee of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR) and carried out in a registered installation (N16091.UDER) and were performed by trained scientists (following FELASA category C recommendations) in full compliance with national rules and following the European Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and the European Union Council on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes.
: RJ is an employee of Epicore Inc., a subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland, that supported this research by completing a commercial licensing agreement for the potential utilization of the probiotic bacteria FI314, FI330, and FI442 identified in this research, in commercial products for aquaculture. The opinions expressed in the manuscript are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect company policies. All other authors declare no competing interests.