ON THE USE OF BACTERIOCINS AS A PROMISING OPTION TO REPLACE ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS IN AQUACULTURE

Aquaculture has been a rapidly growing branch of agriculture in recent years. Intensification of production inevitably leads to bacterial epizootics, which have been controlled by antibacterial drugs for a long time. Irrational use of antibiotics has led to the formation of resistance in pathogenic strains, which requires the development of alternative control methods. Recently, the interest of researchers around the world in such methods has increased. Among the alternative methods, the use of probiotics, postbiotics, bacteriophages and bacteriocins is distinguished. This work contains information on the current situation with the use of antibiotics in Russia, as well as the characteristics of bacteriocins. Bacillus species have been shown to be a promising target for developing alternative methods for combating aquaculture diseases.