Comparative analysis and gut bacterial community assemblages of grass carp and crucian carp in new lineages from the Dongting Lake area.

ABSTRACT: Gut microbiota are known to play an important role in health and nutrition of the host and have been attracting an increasing attention. Farming of new lineages of grass carp and crucian carp has been developed rapidly as these species were found to outperform indigenous ones in terms of growth rate and susceptibility to diseases. Despite this rapid development, no studies have addressed the characteristics of their gut microbiota as a potential factor responsible for the improved characteristics. To reveal whether microbiomes of the new lineages are different from indigenous ones, and therefore could be responsible for improved growth features, intestinal microbiota from the new lineages were subjected to high-throughput sequencing. While the phyla Firmicutes, Fusobacteria and Proteobacte

SUBMITTER: Zou S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7221430 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature