Comparison of gut microbiome in the Chinese mud snail (Cipangopaludina chinensis) and the invasive golden apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gut microbiota play a critical role in nutrition absorption and environmental adaptation and can affect the biological characteristics of host animals. The invasive golden apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata) and native Chinese mud snail (Cipangopaludina chinensis) are two sympatric freshwater snails with similar ecological niche in southern China. However, gut microbiota comparison of interspecies remains unclear. Comparing the difference of gut microbiota between the invasive snail P. canaliculata and native snail C. chinensis could provide new insight into the invasion mechanism of P.canaliculata at the microbial level.

Methods

Gut samples from 20 golden apple snails and 20 Chinese mud snails from wild freshwater habitats were c

SUBMITTER: Zhou Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8992660 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature