The gut microbiota plays an important role in host health and disease. Our understanding of
the fish microbiota lags far behind our knowledge of that of humans and other mammals …

With an ever-growing human population, the need for sustainable production of nutritional
food sources has never been greater. Aquaculture is a key industry engaged in active …

The increasing aquaculture production brought about the extensive use of high-lipid diets
and antibiotics as effective means to spare costly protein and treat diseases, respectively …

New types of fish feed based on processed animal proteins (PAPs), insect meal, yeast, and
microbial biomasses have been used with success in gilthead sea bream. However, some …

In aquatic animals, gut microbial communities shift with host development and living
environments. Understanding the mechanism by which the environment impacts the gut …

Background The importance of the gut microbiota for physiological processes in mammals is
well established, but the knowledge of their functional roles in fish is still limited. The aims of …

Featured Application Poultry by-product meal and hydrolyzed feather meal can successfully
replace fishmeal at low dietary levels in feeds for farmed gilthead seabream and thus …

Siniperca chuatsi feeds on live fry throughout their life. The sustainable development of its
farming industry has urgently necessitated the development of artificial diets to substitute live …

Background Aquaculture successfully meets global food demands for many fish species.
However, aquaculture production of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) is just 2.5% of total market …

The microbiota consists of microbes living in or on an organism and has been implicated in
host health and function. Environmental and host-related factors were shown to shape host …