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Role of gastrointestinal microbiota in fish
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The gastrointestinal (GI) tract of an animal consists of a very complex and dynamic microbial ecosystem that is very important from a nutritional, physiological and pathological point of view. A wide range of microbes derived from the surrounding aquatic environment, soil/sediment and feed are found to colonize in the GI tract of fish. Among the microbial groups, bacteria (aerobic, facultative anaerobic and obligate aneraobic forms) are the principal colonizers in the GI tract of fish, and in some fish, yeasts are also reported. The common bacterial colonizers in the GI tract of freshwater and marine fish include Vibrio, Aeromonas, Flavobacterium, Plesiomonas, Pseudomonas, Enterobacteriaceae, Micrococcus, Acinetobacter, Clostridium, Fusarium and Bacteroides, which may vary from species to species as well as environmental conditions. Besides, several unknown bacteria belonging to Mycoplasma, Arthrobacter, Brochothrix, Jeotgailbacillus, Ochrobactrum, Psychrobacter and Sejongia species in the GI tract of different fish species have now been identified successfully using culture-independent techniques. Gnotobiotic and conventional studies indicate the involvement of GI microbiota in fish nutrition, epithelial development, immunity as well as disease outbreak. This review also highlights the need for manipulating the gut microbiota with useful beneficial microbes through probiotic, prebiotic and synbiotic concepts for better fish health management.
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“2016); while Aeromonas bacteria were often detected in the healthy intestines of many fish species, and might contribute to the digestive function (Nayak 2010).”
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“The early establishment of microbial load in fish intestines developed from the early larval stage and is continuously driven towards the achievement of a complex assemblage (Nayak 2010).”
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“…fish gut microbiota, and they are considered as an autochthonous community in the guts of both FW and SW environments (Roeselers et al., 2011; Wu et al., 2012; Kim et al., 2007; Nayak 2010; Wu et al., 2010), which is beneficial to digestion and immune functions (Ring ø , 2003; Ray et al., 2012).”
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“Probiotics can outcompete pathogens for adhesion sites and nutrients, produce antimicrobial compounds like bacteriocins and enzymes, and improve immune response of the host (Nayak 2010 ).”
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“Therefore, the stability of intestinal flora is of great significance for the healthy growth of the host (Ley et al., 2008; Nayak, 2010; Suez et al., 2014).”
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“In vertebrates, a large number of rich microorganisms in the intestine aggregate to form a complex ecosystem that participates in the growth and development process of the host (Nayak, 2010; Walter et al., 2011).”
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“Enterobacter, Clostridium, and Saccharomyces species (Nayak, 2010).”
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“Natural intestinal microbiota plays a major role in fish health (Gómez and Balcázar 2008; Nayak 2010).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Nayak, S. K.
- Affiliations
- Nihon University (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Nayak, Sukanta K
- ORCID
- Nayak, Sukanta K
- Venue
- Aquaculture Research
- Publisher
- Hindawi Limited
- Published
- 2010-06-16
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1553-1573
- ISSN
- 1355-557X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1912394394
- Cited by
- 1,073
- References
- 240
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 9.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Aquaculture Research (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Nihon University
- Directorate for Biological Sciences
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Keywords
- gut microbiota, fish gut bacteria, fish nutrition, fish immunity, fish disease, probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, gut microbiota modulation, fish health management, culture-independent identification
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