title: Occurrence and activity of microorganisms in shrimp waste.
abstract: This study aimed to determine the occurrence and respiration activity of heterotrophic bacteria and fungi in shrimp shell waste and to evaluate the role of chitinolytic bacteria and fungi in its decomposition. The highest levels of bacteria were found in shrimp heads sections and the lowest in exoskeletons. The level of fungi was much lower, with the highest proportion present in heads sections and the lowest in exoskeletons. Chitinolytic bacteria constituted a small percentage of the total heterotrophic bacteria in fresh shrimp waste, averaging 4% in exoskeletons, 2.4% in all parts, and 2% in heads. No chitinolytic bacteria were detected in stored waste. In contrast, the percentage of chitinolytic fungi in shrimp waste was much higher than that of bacteria. Chitinolytic fungi constituted 25-60% of the total fungi in fresh waste and 15-40% in stored waste. Chitinolytic bacteria isolated from heads sections were characterized by the highest chitinolytic activity, averaging 11.2 nmol of methylumbelliferyl x mg(-1) protein x h(-1), whereas the lowest activity was in strains from exoskeletons, averaging 3.2 nmol of methylumbelliferyl x mg(-1) protein x h(-1). The chitinolytic activity of fungi isolated from all parts waste, head sections, and exoskeletons was similar. The respiration activity of microorganisms in fresh and stored waste was similar. Oxygen consumption activity increased during incubation and approached a saturation value between days 4 and 5. No correlation between the end value of respiratory activity in the analyzed section of shrimp discard after 5 days and the level of bacteria and fungi was observed. The only significant correlation observed was between the respiratory activity of the shrimp and the level of fungi. The respiration activity significantly depended on the analyzed section of shrimp discard (p<0.000).
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Protection, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Gagarina 9, 87-100 Toruń, Poland. swiontek@biol.uni.torun.pl
authors.forename: Maria Swiontek
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Brzezinska
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lalke-Porczyk
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Donderski
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walczak
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000382:microbiology; D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002686:Chitin / Q000378:metabolism; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D019649:Food Industry; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007220:Industrial Waste; D007700:Kinetics; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D033542:Pandalidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D011044:Poland
chemical_list: D007220:Industrial Waste; D002686:Chitin; D010100:Oxygen
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