Title |
The intestinal microbiome of fish under starvation
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Published in |
BMC Genomics, April 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2164-15-266 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Jun Hong Xia, Grace Lin, Gui Hong Fu, Zi Yi Wan, May Lee, Le Wang, Xiao Jun Liu, Gen Hua Yue |
Abstract |
Starvation not only affects the nutritional and health status of the animals, but also the microbial composition in the host's intestine. Next-generation sequencing provides a unique opportunity to explore gut microbial communities and their interactions with hosts. However, studies on gut microbiomes have been conducted predominantly in humans and land animals. Not much is known on gut microbiomes of aquatic animals and their changes under changing environmental conditions. To address this shortcoming, we determined the microbial gene catalogue, and investigated changes in the microbial composition and host-microbe interactions in the intestine of Asian seabass in response to starvation. |
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