Gut Microbiota Contributes to the Growth of Fast-Growing Transgenic Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 8; no. 5; p. e64577
• Main Authors: Li, Xuemei, Yan, Qingyun, Xie, Shouqi, Hu, Wei, Yu, Yuhe, Hu, Zihua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 31.05.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Genetically Modified; Bacteria; Bacteroidetes; Bacteroidetes - classification; Bacteroidetes - genetics; Biology; Body Size; Carbohydrate Metabolism; Carbohydrates; Carp; Carps - genetics; Carps - growth & development; Carps - metabolism; Carps - microbiology; Ctenopharyngodon idella; Cyprinus carpio; DNA fingerprinting; Energy consumption; Energy metabolism; Energy utilization; Fingerprinting; Firmicutes; Fish; Fusobacteria - classification; Fusobacteria - genetics; Gastrointestinal Tract - microbiology; Gene sequencing; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; Immunity; Intestinal microflora; Life Cycle Stages - physiology; Lipid Metabolism; Metabolism; Metagenome; Microbiota; Microbiota - genetics; Next-generation sequencing; Obesity; Phylogeny; Proteobacteria - classification; Proteobacteria - genetics; Relative abundance; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - classification; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; rRNA 16S; Studies; Transgenic fish; New York; United States > US; China

Gut microbiota has shown tight and coordinated connection with various functions of its host such as metabolism, immunity, energy utilization, and health maintenance. To gain insight into whether gut microbes affect the metabolism of fish, we employed fast-growing transgenic common carp (Cyprinus ca...