Breeding Strategy Shapes the Composition of Bacterial Communities in Female Nile Tilapia Reared in a Recirculating Aquaculture System.

ABSTRACT: In industrial animal production, breeding strategies are essential to produce offspring of better quality and vitality. It is also known that host microbiome has a bearing on its health. Here, we report for the first time the influence of crossbreeding strategy, inbreeding or outbreeding, on the buccal and intestinal bacterial communities in female Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Crossbreeding was performed within a family and between different fish families to obtain the inbred and outbred study groups, respectively. The genetic relationship and structure analysis revealed significant genetic differentiation between the inbred and outbred groups. We also employed a 16S rRNA gene sequencing technique to understand the significant differences between the diversities of the bact

SUBMITTER: Abdelhafiz Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8461179 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature