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suggesting the ability of the bacterium to survive as an intracellu<strong>la</strong>r pathog<strong>en</strong> [30-33],<br />
others have observed that this pathog<strong>en</strong> is highly susceptible to oxidative radicals<br />
g<strong>en</strong>erated during the macrophage respiratory burst [34, 35]. For this reason, the<br />
stimu<strong>la</strong>tion of the respiratory burst activity of S<strong>en</strong>egalese sole phagocytes could<br />
facilitate a more effective <strong>de</strong>struction of P. damse<strong>la</strong>e subsp. piscicida.<br />
H<strong>en</strong>ce, the first objective of the pres<strong>en</strong>t study was to evaluate the possible<br />
immunostimu<strong>la</strong>tory effect of dietary administration of two probiotics [36-38] on<br />
respiratory burst activity of sole phagocytes. In addition, possible changes in the<br />
intestinal microbiota were evaluated by <strong>de</strong>termining the g<strong>en</strong>etic diversity of gut<br />
microbiota by DGGE (<strong>de</strong>naturing gradi<strong>en</strong>t gel electrophoresis) [39]. Several authors<br />
have reported on the composition of intestinal microbiota of differ<strong>en</strong>t farmed fish [40-<br />
44], although none of them have studied sole microbiota. On the other hand, the<br />
possible effect of probiotics on fish intestinal microbiota is still <strong>la</strong>rgely unknown [28].<br />
Thus, this is the first report on sole gut microbiota and the possible changes in response<br />
to probiotic treatm<strong>en</strong>t.<br />
2. Materials and Methods<br />
2.1. Microorganisms<br />
Two bacteria strains iso<strong>la</strong>ted from gilthead seabream skin, Pdp11 and Pdp13,<br />
belonging to Alteromonadaceae family, Shewanel<strong>la</strong> g<strong>en</strong>us, were selected for this study<br />
because their in vitro characteristics suggested they could be consi<strong>de</strong>red as pot<strong>en</strong>tial fish<br />
probiotics [36-38].<br />
These strains were grown in tubes containing 5 ml of trypticase soy broth (Oxoid<br />
Ltd., Basingstoke, UK) supplem<strong>en</strong>ted with 1.5 % NaCl (TSBs) for 18 h at 22 ºC, with<br />
continuous shaking. Appropriate dilutions of the culture were spread onto p<strong>la</strong>tes of<br />
trypticase soy agar (Oxoid) supplem<strong>en</strong>ted with 1.5 % NaCl (TSAs). The number of<br />
culturable bacteria was <strong>de</strong>termined by p<strong>la</strong>te counting on TSAs. Bacteria were recovered<br />
from the p<strong>la</strong>tes, lyophilized and the conc<strong>en</strong>tration of lyophilized bacteria was adjusted<br />
per gram of pellet diet.<br />
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