Gut eukaryotic communities in pigs: diversity, composition and host genetics contribution.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The pig gut microbiome harbors thousands of species of archaea, bacteria, viruses and eukaryotes such as protists and fungi. However, since the majority of published studies have been focused on prokaryotes, little is known about the diversity, host-genetic control, and contributions to host performance of the gut eukaryotic counterparts. Here we report the first study that aims at characterizing the diversity and composition of gut commensal eukaryotes in pigs, exploring their putative control by host genetics, and analyzing their association with piglets body weight.

Results

Fungi and protists from the faeces of 514 healthy Duroc pigs of two sexes and two different ages were characterized by 18S and ITS ribosomal RNA gene sequencing. The pig gut mycobiota was do

SUBMITTER: Ramayo-Caldas Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7807704 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature