Tracking the dynamics of individual gut microbiome of sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus during gut regeneration.

ABSTRACT: Sea cucumbers possess the remarkable capacity to regenerate their body parts or organs. Regeneration of host organs and/or body parts involves reconstruction of the host associated microbiota, however, the dynamics and contribution of microbiota to the regeneration process are largely unknown due to a lack of experimental models. To track the dynamics of individual gut microbiomes during gut regeneration, both caged mariculture and laboratory isolator systems of sea cucumbers (Apostichopus japonicus) were developed and longitudinal meta16S analyses were performed. Under natural environmental conditions in the caged mariculture system, both bacterial and eukaryotic communities in sea cucumbers' guts appeared to be reconstructed within 4 months after evisceration. Using the laboratory

SUBMITTER: Yamazaki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7718794 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature