Project number:
1990-061
Project Status:
Completed
Budget expenditure:
$346,729.16
Principal Investigator:
John Nell
Organisation:
NSW Department of Primary Industries
Project start/end date:
21 Aug 1990
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30 Sep 1994
Contact:
FRDC
1. Isolate, grow & evaluate marine yeasts, bacteria & other micro-organisms (preferably heterotrophs) for suitability as live feeds for aquaculture and rapid, low cost, large scale production
2. To screen selected micro-organisms for absence of toxicity at a suitable laboratory.
3. To analyse promising micro-organisms for nutritional quality in particular content of pretein, total lipids, fibre, crbohydrates, ash, fatty and amino acids, minerals and vitamins at suitable laboratories.
4. To carry out nutritional trials to assess the quality and suitability of selected micro-organisms as food for bivalve larvae, rotifers and for feeding/fattening of adult bivalves, in particular oysters.
