A microbial sea of possibilities: current knowledge and prospects for an improved understanding of the fish microbiome

TPRA Legrand, JW Wynne, LS Weyrich… - Reviews in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The mucosal surfaces of fish represent an important barrier that supports and regulates a
diverse array of microbial assemblages and contributes to the overall health and fitness of …

The microbial rare biosphere: current concepts, methods and ecological principles

F Pascoal, R Costa, C Magalhães - FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Our ability to describe the highly diverse pool of low abundance populations present in
natural microbial communities is increasing at an unprecedented pace. Yet we currently lack …

Non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs: global diversity, distribution, ecophysiology, and activity in marine waters

KA Turk-Kubo, MR Gradoville, S Cheung… - FEMS microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Biological dinitrogen (N2) fixation supplies nitrogen to the oceans, supporting primary
productivity, and is carried out by some bacteria and archaea referred to as diazotrophs …

The microbial conveyor belt: connecting the globe through dispersion and dormancy

M Mestre, J Höfer - Trends in Microbiology, 2021 - cell.com
Despite the recent increase in knowledge concerning microorganisms, the processes
determining their global distribution and functioning have not been disentangled. Microbial …

Gut microbiome and metabolome of sea cucumber (Stichopus ocellatus) as putative markers for monitoring the marine sediment pollution in Pahang, Malaysia

SS Wei, CM Yen, IPG Marshall, H Abd Hamid… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotic contamination in the marine environment forms an emerging threat to marine
ecosystems. This study aimed to compare the gut and coelomic microbiota of Stichopus …

A community perspective on the concept of marine holobionts: current status, challenges, and future directions

SM Dittami, E Arboleda, JC Auguet, A Bigalke, E Briand… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Host-microbe interactions play crucial roles in marine ecosystems. However, we still have
very little understanding of the mechanisms that govern these relationships, the evolutionary …

Global biogeography of chemosynthetic symbionts reveals both localized and globally distributed symbiont groups

JT Osvatic, LGE Wilkins, L Leibrecht… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
In the ocean, most hosts acquire their symbionts from the environment. Due to the immense
spatial scales involved, our understanding of the biogeography of hosts and symbionts in …

Nutrient pollution alters the gut microbiome of a territorial reef fish

S Degregori, JM Casey, PH Barber - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Human-induced nutrient pollution threatens coral reefs worldwide. Although eutrophication
disrupts coral microbiomes, often leading to coral mortality, it is unknown whether …

Quantifying the colonization of environmental microbes in the fish gut: a case study of wild fish populations in the Yangtze River

H Yang, J Wu, H Du, H Zhang, J Li, Q Wei - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In aquatic animals, gut microbial communities shift with host development and living
environments. Understanding the mechanism by which the environment impacts the gut …

Fast acquisition of a polysaccharide fermenting gut microbiome by juvenile green turtles Chelonia mydas after settlement in coastal habitats

P Campos, M Guivernau, FX Prenafeta-Boldú… - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
Background Tetrapods do not express hydrolases for cellulose and hemicellulose
assimilation, and hence, the independent acquisition of herbivory required the …