Association between Turbot (<i>Scophthalmus maximus</i>) Fish Phenotype and the Post-Larval Bacteriome.

ABSTRACT: Over the past decade, an increasing number of studies have emphasized the importance of the host microbiome in influencing organismal health and development. Aligned with this understanding, our study aimed to investigate the potential association between the turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) phenotypic traits and the post-larval bacteriome. Turbot post-larvae were sampled from twenty randomly selected production cycles thirty days after hatching (DAH) across multiple post-larval production batches over a three-month period (April to June). Fish were selectively sampled based on five phenotypic traits, namely, normal, large, small, malformed, and depigmented. Our results showed that small-sized post-larvae had significantly higher bacterial phylogenetic diversity in their bacterial comm

SUBMITTER: Louvado A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11510086 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature