Seasonal dynamics and starvation impact on the gut microbiome of urochordate ascidian Halocynthia roretzi.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gut microbiota plays important roles in host animal metabolism, homeostasis and environmental adaptation. However, the interplay between the gut microbiome and urochordate ascidian, the most closet relative of vertebrate, remains less explored. In this study, we characterized the gut microbial communities of urochordate ascidian (Halocynthia roretzi) across the changes of season and starvation stress using a comprehensive set of omic approaches including 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing, shotgun metagenomics, metabolomic profiling, and transcriptome sequencing.

Results

The 16S rRNA gene amplicon profiling revealed that ascidians harbor indigenous gut microbiota distinctly different to the marine microbial community and significant variations in composition and ab

SUBMITTER: Wei J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7807810 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature