Assessing the microbiota of the snail intermediate host of trematodes, Galba truncatula.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The microbiome is known to play key roles in health and disease, including host susceptibility to parasite infections. The freshwater snail Galba truncatula is the intermediate host for many trematode species, including the liver and rumen flukes Fasciola hepatica and Calicophoron daubneyi, respectively. The snail-parasite system has previously been investigated. However, the specific interaction between the snail-associated microbiota and intra-snail developmental stages of trematodes has yet to be explored.

Methods

Galba truncatula snails were collected from farms in Northern Ireland and trematode infection was diagnosed using PCR. High-throughput sequencing analysis of the bacterial 16S ribosomal DNA V3-V4 hypervariable regions was subsequently applied to chara

SUBMITTER: McCann P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10807216 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature