title: The Gut Microbial Community of Antarctic Fish Detected by 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Analysis.
abstract: Intestinal bacterial communities are highly relevant to the digestion, nutrition, growth, reproduction, and a range of fitness in fish, but little is known about the gut microbial community in Antarctic fish. In this study, the composition of intestinal microbial community in four species of Antarctic fish was detected based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing. As a result, 1 004 639 sequences were obtained from 13 samples identified into 36 phyla and 804 genera, in which Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, Thermi, and Bacteroidetes were the dominant phyla, andRhodococcus,Thermus,Acinetobacter,Propionibacterium,Streptococcus, andMycoplasmawere the dominant genera. The number of common OTUs (operational taxonomic units) varied from 346 to 768, while unique OTUs varied from 84 to 694 in the four species of Antarctic fish. Moreover, intestinal bacterial communities in individuals of each species were not really similar, and those in the four species were not absolutely different, suggesting that bacterial communities might influence the physiological characteristics of Antarctic fish, and the common bacterial communities might contribute to the fish survival ability in extreme Antarctic environment, while the different ones were related to the living habits. All of these results could offer certain information for the future study of Antarctic fish physiological characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of East China Sea and Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of East China Sea and Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Lingzhi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of East China Sea and Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Hongliang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of East China Sea and Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Keji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of East China Sea and Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Fengying
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8246-1518
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of East China Sea and Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Xuezhong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of East China Sea and Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3838-2182
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of East China Sea and Oceanic Fishery Resources Exploitation, East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Lingbo
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7306-8389
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000864:Antarctic Regions; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology*; D000069196:Gastrointestinal Microbiome / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000235:genetics*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA / Q000379:methods; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S