Trophic diversification and parasitic invasion as ecological niche modulators for gut microbiota of whitefish.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The impact of parasites on gut microbiota of the host is well documented, but the role of the relationship between the parasite and the host in the formation of the microbiota is poorly understood. This study has focused on the influence that trophic behavior and resulting parasitism has on the structure of the microbiome.

Methods

Using 16S amplicon sequencing and newly developed methodological approaches, we characterize the gut microbiota of the sympatric pair of whitefish Coregonus lavaretus complex and the associated microbiota of cestodes parasitizing their intestine. The essence of the proposed approaches is, firstly, to use the method of successive washes of the microbiota from the cestode's surfaces to analyze the degree of bacterial association t

SUBMITTER: Kashinskaya EN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10043260 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature