Effects of the Antibiotics Growth Promoter Tylosin on Swine Gut Microbiota

Tylosin has been used as a livestock feed additive and antibiotic growth promoter for many years. However, the mode of action by which tylosin enhances animal growth is unclear. We used high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA genes to investigate the effects of tylosin as a feed additive on swine gut...

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Published inJournal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 876 - 882
Main Authors Kim, Jungman, Guevarra, Robin B, Nguyen, Son G, Lee, Ji-Hoon, Jeong, Dong Kee, Unno, Tatsuya
Format Journal Article
LanguageKorean
Published 한국미생물생명공학회 31.05.2016
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Summary:Tylosin has been used as a livestock feed additive and antibiotic growth promoter for many years. However, the mode of action by which tylosin enhances animal growth is unclear. We used high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA genes to investigate the effects of tylosin as a feed additive on swine gut microbiota. No significant difference in the rate of weight increase was observed between control and tylosin-treated pigs during a 10-week feeding trial. However, tylosin-treated pigs showed rapid increases in the relative abundance of the phylum Firmicutes. Increases in Firmicutes species are associated with (so-called) obese-type gut microbiota. The abundance of species of four families of the phylum Firmicutes (Streptococcaceae, Peptococcaceae, Peptostreptococcaceae, and Clostridiaceae) correlated positively with host weight gain. The abundance of Streptococcaceae family bacteria was least affected by tylosin treatment. Distribution analysis of operational taxonomic units (OTUs) showed that both control and tylosin-treated pigs exhibited similar OTU alterations during growth. However, the tylosin-treated group showed distinctive alterations in gut microbiota when the host weighed approximately 60 kg, whereas similar alterations occurred at around 80 kg in the control group. Our results suggest that use of tylosin accelerates maturation of swine gut microbiota rather than altering its composition.
Bibliography:The Korean Society for Applied Microbiology
KISTI1.1003/JNL.JAKO201619535737695
ISSN:1017-7825
1738-8872