Use of Hydrolysates from Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) Head as Peptone for Vibrio anguillarum and Optimization Using Response Surface Method (RSM)

The objective of this study was to produce fish peptone (FP) from silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) heads by Alcalase® hydrolysis in order to use for growing Vibrio anguillarum instead of the standard peptones applied in the commercial media. An optimization of the FP to be used as culture media was also carried out using the response surface method (RSM). According to the results, the degree of hydrolysis and protein percentage after 24 h was 37.68 mg/mL and 20.74%, respectively. The adjustment of the quadratic model with the experimental data was satisfactory. The analysis of variance showed a high coefficient of determination value (0.930). The results of fish protein hydrolysates also showed that fish by-products modified by enzymatic procedures can be used as low cost nitrogen sources for bacterial growth.