The intestinal microbiome of fish under starvation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Starvation not only affects the nutritional and health status of the animals, but also the microbial composition in the host's intestine. Next-generation sequencing provides a unique opportunity to explore gut microbial communities and their interactions with hosts. However, studies on gut microbiomes have been conducted predominantly in humans and land animals. Not much is known on gut microbiomes of aquatic animals and their changes under changing environmental conditions. To address this shortcoming, we determined the microbial gene catalogue, and investigated changes in the microbial composition and host-microbe interactions in the intestine of Asian seabass in response to starvation.

Results

We found 33 phyla, 66 classes, 130 orders and 278 families in the in

SUBMITTER: Xia JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4234480 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature