Internal Versus External Pressures: Effect of Housing Systems on the Zebrafish Microbiome.

ABSTRACT: Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are an attractive model organism for scientific studies, including host-microbe interactions. The organism is particularly useful for studying aquatic microbes that can colonize vertebrate hosts, including Vibrio cholerae. Previous studies have established the presence of a core zebrafish intestinal microbiome, and tracked the development of the zebrafish intestinal microbiome from the larval stage to adulthood. An unexplored matter in this host-microbe relationship is the effect of the housing system on the zebrafish intestinal and tank water microbiomes. In this study, we used 16S rRNA gene sequencing to investigate the response of zebrafish intestinal and tank water microbiomes to a change in housing conditions. Zebrafish in the separated fish tanks

SUBMITTER: Breen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6685215 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature