The Effect of Disease and Season to Hepatopancreas and Intestinal Mycobiota of Litopenaeus vannamei

Conclusion In this study, we used a high-throughput sequencing approach to explore the hepatopancreas and intestinal mycobiota of L. vannamei. The results disclosed that (1) the composition of the gut and hepatopancreas of L. vannamei is highly diverse and different from that of humans; (2) in winter, the diversity and composition of the mycobiota had a significant difference between the intestinal and hepatopancreas; (3) seasonal variation and diseases considerably affected the fungal microbiota of L. vannamei; (4) healthy shrimps was significantly enriched in the genera Didymella and Filobasidium in the gut, and Pyrenochaetopsis in the hepatopancreas. Sick groups had an increased abundance of the genera Candida in the intestine. The different fungi may be fungal indicators for health or diseases progression. Ethics Statement All experimental animal protocols in this study were approved by the committee on the Ethics of Animal Experiments of the Guangdong Institute of Applied Biological Resources and followed the basic principles. Author Contributions JC and JL designed the research. JL, HJ, LL, and XZ sampled together. JL, HJ, and LL completed the research. JL, LL, and XZ sorted and analyzed the data. JL and JC wrote and revised the manuscript. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript. Funding This work was supported by the Planning Funds of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province (2016B070701016), the Guangzhou Science Technology and Innovation ...
Source: Frontiers in Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Source Type: research