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unvaccinated fish. However, the serum agglutinating antibody titers of vaccinated fish<br />
did not show a significant increase compared to control groups, and vaccinated fish<br />
treated with EF203 showed slightly increased survival in comparison with the other<br />
groups following R. salmoninarum chall<strong>en</strong>ge. The adjuvant effects of yeast glucan have<br />
also be<strong>en</strong> <strong>de</strong>monstrated. Injection of the A. salmonicida vaccine and yeast glucan in<br />
At<strong>la</strong>ntic salmon <strong>en</strong>hanced antibody responses [56] and induced significantly increased<br />
protection against furunculosis over vaccines without yeast glucan [57]. The injection of<br />
yeast glucan alone did not afford protection. Baulny et al. [58] reported that oral<br />
administration of yeast glucan to turbot immersed in the V. anguil<strong>la</strong>rum bacterin also<br />
increased protection compared to the bacterin alone, but simi<strong>la</strong>r to the results obtained<br />
in this work with β-glucan from Eugl<strong>en</strong>a gracilis, yeast glucan alone did not <strong>en</strong>hance<br />
protection against V. anguil<strong>la</strong>rum infection.<br />
P. cru<strong>en</strong>tum has advantages in its culture, such as fast growth and low cost.<br />
This makes it easier to work with at known conc<strong>en</strong>tration, compared with using soluble<br />
substances such as vitamins, which exist as micronutri<strong>en</strong>ts in feed and are very s<strong>en</strong>sitive<br />
to differ<strong>en</strong>t factors (light, humidity, temperature). On the other hand P. cru<strong>en</strong>tum could<br />
be a natural immunostimu<strong>la</strong>nt, which is biocompatible, bio<strong>de</strong>gradable and safe for the<br />
<strong>en</strong>vironm<strong>en</strong>t and human health. In this way, these algae could be inclu<strong>de</strong>d in the groups<br />
of differ<strong>en</strong>t whole microorganisms, alive or not, such as yeast [8, 53], fungi [59] and<br />
bacteria [60-62] which increase disease resistance in mammals and fish. In fish, as in<br />
other aquatic organisms, the whole microorganisms administered have be<strong>en</strong> mainly<br />
bacterial species, such as probiotics [60-66], but algae can repres<strong>en</strong>t another promising<br />
alternative [18, 25], although studies about whole algae are still very scarce.<br />
In conclusion, this study provi<strong>de</strong>s a <strong>de</strong>scription of the stimu<strong>la</strong>tion of the<br />
respiratory burst activity of phagocytes from sole vaccinated with a bacterin against P.<br />
damse<strong>la</strong>e subsp. piscicida and fed with cells from P. cru<strong>en</strong>tum.<br />
Acknowledgem<strong>en</strong>ts<br />
This study has be<strong>en</strong> supported by a grant from the Spanish Governm<strong>en</strong>t<br />
(AGL2002-01488). P. Díaz-Rosales thanks the Ministerio Español <strong>de</strong> Educación y<br />
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