Abstract
This study explored biofloc technology for shrimp culture based on straw substrates with a size of 40 mu, 80 mu, and 120 mu. Straw substrates utilization stimulated shrimp growth compared to control. Treatment with 40 mu had the best ammonium (71.60%) and nitrite nitrogen (77.78%) removal rates generally. In all biofloc treatments, Proteobacteria (4.10–56.1%) was the most dominant phylum, followed by Bacteroidetes (2.44–38.21%), Planctomycetes (0.45–21.41%), and Verrucomicrobia (1.2–10.30%). Redundancy analysis showed that salinity was a significant factor closely related to the microbial community in biofloc. The environmental parameters (DO > pH > TN > NH4+-N > COD > Salinity > EC), nitrification, and denitrification genes (amoA > napA > nirK) were significant factors that interrelated with the bacterial genus in the network analysis. This study highlighted a novel technology of reusing agricultural waste that transformed inorganic nitrogen using nutrient recycling to control water quality in the culture system and produced microbial proteins that served as a natural nutritional supplement to enhance shrimp growth.
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