Comparative Study of the Gut Microbiota Community between the Farmed and Wild Mastacembelus armatus (Zig-Zag Eel).

ABSTRACT: Cultivated and wild fish of the same species may exhibit different characteristics, such as in their flavor, growth and development. In some wild fish species, reproductive functions may even be retarded when wild individuals are moved into cultivated conditions. The gut microbiota may be one of the reasons for these phenomena as they have been reported to play an important role in host growth and development, as well as in normal reproductive functioning. Here, we used Mastacembelus armatus (zig-zag eel), a freshwater fish which shows anormal reproductive function in cultivated conditions, as a model to comparatively study the diversity, structure and function of gut microbiota in cultivated and wild groups by analyzing the 16S rRNA sequence of each group's microbiota. The results

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9781078 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature