“…In addition to the above‐mentioned benefits, probiotics are used to improve the nutritional value and utilization of plant ingredients through fermentation (Chiu et al, ; Van Nguyen, Hoang, Van Khanh, Duy Hai, & Hung, ; Shiu, Hsieh, Guei, Chiu, & Liu, ; Shiu, Wong, Guei, Shin, & Liu, ). Furthermore, some studies showed that fermented soybean meal (FSBM) contains biologically active peptides that exert physiological effects on microbes in the gut (Erdmann, Cheung, & Schröder, ), including antimicrobial activity (Kim, Kim, Ko, Lee, Ha, Song, Park, Kwon, Bae, ; Sanjukta & Rai, ; Cheng, Lin, Shiu, Tyan, & Liu, ). In our previous study, a biofunctional ingredient, Bacillus subtilis E20‐FSBM, was shown to have antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) that inhibited two important shrimp pathogens: Vibrio alginolyticus and V. parahemolyticus .…”