Genomic and metabolic insights into the first host-associated isolate of Psychrilyobacter.

ABSTRACT: Although gut bacteria are vital to their hosts, few studies have focused on marine animals. Psychrilyobacter is frequently related to various marine animals, but its interaction with host remains unknown due to the lack of host-associated isolate or genomic information. Here, we combined cultivation-independent and cultivation-dependent methods to uncover the potential roles of Psychrilyobacter in the host abalone. The high-throughput sequencing and literature compiling results indicated that Psychrilyobacter is widely distributed in marine and terrestrial ecosystems with both host-associated and free-living lifestyles, but with a strong niche preference in the guts of marine invertebrates, especially abalone. By in vitro enrichment that mimicked the gut inner e

SUBMITTER: Liu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10580919 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature