Prospects and challenges in using engineered lactic acid bacteria in aquaculture applications

Abstract

Despite the considerable potential of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) as probiotics, there is a fundamental gap between the functional limitations of wild-type strains and the complex demands of aquaculture. Modular and intelligent engineering strategies are the primary avenues for bridging this gap. This article systematically reviews the strategies and advances in the application of genetically engineered LAB. Technologies, including clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/Cas systems, Red/ET recombination, and functional modifications have significantly enhanced the targeted delivery, environmental tolerance, and multiple probiotic functions of LAB, successfully yielding engineered strains such as oral vaccine strains expressing pathogen antigens, antimicrobial peptide-high-yielding antibacterial strains, and nitrite-degrading water-improving strains. These engineered strains have demonstrated superior performance in disease prevention, growth promotion, and environmental remediation compared to wild-type strains in the farming of tilapia, shrimp, and shellfish. However, challenges, such as plasmid instability, biosafety risks, and regulatory barriers, remain unresolved. Future research should focus on multi-omics-guided precision design, development of environmentally responsive genetic circuits, and full-cycle risk assessment, promoting engineered LAB as a core solution for sustainable aquaculture through collaboration across industries, academia, and research.

Keywords

Antibiotic alternatives in aquaculture / Engineered lactic acid bacteria / Healthy fish farming / Probiotics / Oral vaccines

Data availability statement

Data sharing not applicable —no new data generated.

Declaration of competing interest

The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Given his role as Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Youming Zhang had no involvement in the peer-review of this article and has no access to information regarding its peer-review. Full responsibility for the editorial process for this article was delegated to Dr. Xinrui Zhao.

CRediT authorship contribution statement

Xiyin Huang: Writing – review & editing, Writing – original draft, Visualization, Investigation, Funding acquisition, Data curation, Conceptualization. Xiangze Sun: Writing – review & editing, Writing – original draft, Investigation, Data curation, Conceptualization. Xingya Dong: Writing – review & editing, Writing – original draft, Investigation, Data curation, Conceptualization. Yuzhou Tang: Writing – review & editing, Investigation. Shouying Xu: Writing – review & editing, Investigation. Yuxia Wu: Writing – review & editing, Investigation. Shengbiao Hu: Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization. Yichao Ren: Writing – review & editing, Funding acquisition, Conceptualization. Qiang Tu: Writing – review & editing, Funding acquisition, Conceptualization. Youming Zhang: Writing – review & editing, Funding acquisition, Conceptualization.

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