Intestinal Microbiome Richness of Coral Reef Damselfishes (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae).

ABSTRACT: Fish gastro-intestinal system harbors diverse microbiomes that affect the host's digestion, nutrition, and immunity. Despite the great taxonomic diversity of fish, little is understood about fish microbiome and the factors that determine its structure and composition. Damselfish are important coral reef species that play pivotal roles in determining algae and coral population structures of reefs. Broadly, damselfish belong to either of two trophic guilds based on whether they are planktivorous or algae-farming. In this study, we used 16S rRNA gene sequencing to investigate the intestinal microbiome of 5 planktivorous and 5 algae-farming damselfish species (Pomacentridae) from the Great Barrier Reef. We detected Gammaproteobacteria ASVs belonging to the genus Actinobacillus

SUBMITTER: Kavazos CRJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486986 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature