Dietary Co-supplementation of 1-kestose and Heat-killed Lactiplantibacillus plantarum FM8 Improves Survival, Growth Performance, and Intestinal Microbiota Composition in Juvenile Abalone (Haliotis discus discus)
Hideaki Takahashi, Tadashi Fujii, Yoshinori Suzuki, Yu Okawara, Akira Gujo, Takayuki Asahina, Kohei Funasaka, Eizaburo Ohno, Yoshiki Hirooka & Takumi Tochio · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2026
Aims: To evaluate whether dietary co-supplementation with 1-kestose (Kes) and heat-killed Lactiplantibacillus plantarum FM8 (FM8), collectively termed Kes+FM8, affects survival, growth performance, and intestinal microbiota composition in juvenile abalone (Haliotis discus discus)...
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10.9734/mrji/2026/v36i101795