Influence of Endogenous and Exogenous Estrogenic Endocrine on Intestinal Microbiota in Zebrafish.

ABSTRACT: Gender is one of the factors influencing the intestinal microbial composition in mammals, but whether fish also have gender-specific intestinal microbial patterns remains unknown. In this decade, endocrine disrupting chemicals in surface and ground water of many areas and increasing observation of freshwater male fish displaying female sexual characteristics have been reported. Here we identified the difference in intestinal microbiota between male and female zebrafish, and revealed the influence of endocrine disrupting chemicals on zebrafish intestinal microbiota by using high-throughput sequencing. The results indicated that Fusobacteria, Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria were dominant in the gut of zebrafish and there were no obvious gender-specific intestinal microbial patterns. Two end

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5049800 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature