Article
Fisheries
Sheng Dong, Yu Li, Fei Huang, Langli Lin, Ze Li, Jiancheng Li, Yuxiu Zhang, Yihong Zheng
Summary: This study found that addition of Platymonas sp. in biofloc technology can improve the environment and performance of shrimp nurseries, including increasing bacterial community diversity, reducing pollutant accumulation, and enhancing shrimp growth performance and antioxidant capacity.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Liu -Jiang Meng, Xin Hu, Bin Wen, Yuan-Hao Liu, Guo-Zhi Luo, Jian-Zhong Gao, Zai-Zhong Chen
Summary: This study explored the effects of microplastics (MPs) on biofloc formation, microbial community composition, and nitrogen transformation function in simulated biofloc aquaculture production systems. It was found that aggregates consisting of bioflocs and MPs were formed, with systems containing MPs showing weaker settling performance. There were no significant differences in bacterial diversity, but significant differences were observed in eukaryotic diversity between systems without and with MPs. The presence of MPs inhibited ammonia oxidation but promoted nitrite oxidation by altering the microbial community structure and function.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Review
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Seenivasan Boopathi, Danrui Liu, Ai-Qun Jia
Summary: Interactions among bacteria play a crucial role in shaping the structure and function of the gut microbial community, involving both cooperation and competition. Bacteria communicate through various extracellular organelles, sharing beneficial molecules and competing with toxins. Intrinsic coordination between contact-dependent and contact-independent mechanisms provides a fitness advantage and increased colonization resistance to the gut microbiota.
Article
Fisheries
R. B. Koenig, P. S. Furtado, W. Wasielesky Jr, P. C. Abreu
Summary: BFT technology allows high-density aquaculture with low effluent production by utilizing flocs colonized with aerobic heterotrophic and chemoautotrophic biota. The addition of hydrogen peroxide can help maintain dissolved oxygen levels, but excessive use can negatively impact organisms, particularly ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and planktonic algae.
Review
Physiology
Xue-Ying Zhang, De-Hua Wang
Summary: This review summarizes the recent progress in understanding the role of gut microbiota in physiological and behavioral thermoregulation of small mammals in cold environments.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Wujie Xu, Guoliang Wen, Haochang Su, Yu Xu, Xiaojuan Hu, Yucheng Cao
Summary: This study investigated the effects of different input C/N ratios on the bacterial community of water biofloc and shrimp gut in a commercial BFT system. The results showed that the manipulation of input C/N ratio could affect the bacterial community and nitrogen dynamics in the system.
Article
Microbiology
Haipeng Guo, Xuezhi Fu, Jikun He, Ruoyu Wang, Mengchen Yan, Jing Wang, Pengsheng Dong, Lei Huang, Demin Zhang
Summary: This study reveals the important role of gut bacterial community induced by a biofloc system (BFS) in protecting shrimp from bacterial pathogens. The study also provides a micro-ecological regulation strategy to improve aquatic animal diseases.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xue-Ying Zhang, Saeid Khakisahneh, Wei Liu, Xinyi Zhang, Weiwei Zhai, Jilong Cheng, John R. Speakman, De-Hua Wang
Summary: Host phylogeny and environment both shape the gut microbiota and host metabolic traits. The assembly of gut microbiota shows strong concordance with host phylogeny and may be influenced by environmental variables, while host metabolic traits seem to be unrelated to phylogeny.
NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Fisheries
Huiyu Shen, Xuechen Zhang, Dong Qian, Jiong Chen, Jinbo Xiong
Summary: The gut microbiota plays a crucial role in host health and fitness, and dysbiosis can lead to host disease. However, the effect of interkingdom infection, such as eukaryotic Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP), on the gut bacterial community remains unclear. This study found that EHP infection in shrimp resulted in decreased digestion activities but increased immune activities. EHP infection directly altered the gut bacterial community and enzyme activities, which in turn affected shrimp growth traits. In addition, EHP infection led to an unstable gut microbiota, making the shrimp more susceptible to bacterial pathogens and hindering their growth.
Article
Ecology
Yale Deng, Klaudyna Borewicz, Joost van Loo, Marko Zabala Olabarrieta, Fotini Kokou, Detmer Sipkema, Marc C. J. Verdegem
Summary: The study revealed that in-situ produced biofloc significantly increased the prokaryotic diversity in tilapia gut, while dietary supplementation of processed biofloc only changed the relative abundance of minor prokaryotic taxa. The growth-promoting effect was only detected in the in-situ biofloc treatment, while dietary supplementation of processed biofloc had no effect on fish growth performance.
Article
Microbiology
Maosen Yang, Lianzhe Shi, Yile Ge, Dong Leng, Bo Zeng, Tao Wang, Hang Jie, Diyan Lia
Summary: Gut microbiota plays a crucial role in the performance of broilers, and its composition and diversity change during the growth process. This study used 16S rRNA gene sequencing to investigate the dynamic changes in fecal bacterial communities and functions in broilers from 4 to 16 weeks of age. The results showed a decrease in alpha diversity of fecal microbiota with time and significant differences in beta diversity at different time points. Differences were also observed in the microbiota diversity and composition between high-weight and low-weight broilers. Additionally, several genera were identified to be potentially associated with weight change in broilers. The findings suggest that microorganisms may influence the immune and energy metabolism levels of broilers, affecting their body weight.
MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Tingbei Bo, Gang Song, Shiyu Tang, Mengru Zhang, Zhiwei Ma, Hongrui Lv, Yun Wu, Dezhi Zhang, Le Yang, Dehua Wang, Fumin Lei
Summary: This study reveals the relationship between gut microbiota and host evolution in Tibetan birds, identifying differences in gut microbiota among different habitats and species. The relative abundance of certain bacteria was found to correlate with altitude. Additionally, various pathogenic bacteria were found in birds of the Tibetan wetlands, with interspecific differences related to diet and living environments.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Immunology
Xuping Zhu, Yanyu Li, Yanmin Jiang, Jisheng Zhang, Ru Duan, Lin Liu, Chao Liu, Xiang Xu, Lu Yu, Qian Wang, Fan Xiong, Chengming Ni, Lan Xu, Qing He
Summary: The imbalance of gut microbiota may be related to the occurrence and development of polycystic ovary syndrome, especially in patients with high LDLC levels. Actinomycetaceae, Enterobacteriaceae and Streptococcaceae may play an important role in the diagnosis and differentiation of subgroups in PCOS. The model established has good specificity and sensitivity for distinguishing PCOS patients from the control group.
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Agronomy
Tingting Xu, Yinhao Wang, Yueqin Wang, Sijia Bi, Benjin Hu, Fei Hu, Lina Xu
Summary: In this study, the midgut bacterial community of Ostrinia furnacalis was examined using high-throughput sequencing. The results showed that the diversity of gut bacteria was significantly lower in Bt-resistant strains compared to Bt-susceptible strains. The composition and interactions of the bacterial community were also more complex in Bt-resistant strains. Additionally, the elimination of gut bacteria led to a significant reduction in mortality caused by Cry1Ab toxin in Bt-resistant strains.
Review
Cell Biology
Yu Zhang, Rulin Geng, Qiuyun Tu
Summary: Alzheimer's disease is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative disease with unclear pathogenic mechanisms and limited treatment success. Recent research indicates that the gut microbiota may contribute to AD development by accelerating neuroinflammation, promoting senile plaque formation, and modifying neurotransmitter production.
Article
Fisheries
Jiawei Li, Gang Liu, Changwei Li, Yale Deng, Musa Abubakar Tadda, Lihua Lan, Songming Zhu, Dezhao Liu
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Dezhao Liu, Jiawei Li, Changwei Li, Yale Deng, Zeqing Zhang, Zhangying Ye, Songming Zhu
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2018)
Article
Fisheries
Gang Liu, Zhangying Ye, Dezhao Liu, Jian Zhao, Elayaraja Sivaramasamy, Yale Deng, Songming Zhu
FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dedong Kong, Wenbing Li, Yale Deng, Yunjie Ruan, Guangsuo Chen, Jianhai Yu, Fucheng Lin
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Changwei Li, Jiawei Li, Gang Liu, Yale Deng, Songming Zhu, Zhangying Ye, Yufang Shao, Dezhao Liu
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yale Deng, Yunjie Ruan, Bin Ma, Michael B. Timmons, Huifeng Lu, Xiangyang Xu, Heping Zhao, Xuwang Yin
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Gang Liu, Yale Deng, Marc Verdegem, Zhangying Ye, Songming Zhu
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yale Deng, Fan Zhou, Yunjie Ruan, Bin Ma, Xueyan Ding, Xiaomei Yue, Wenjun Ma, Xuwang Yin
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Wanhe Qi, Mohammad J. Taherzadeh, Yunjie Ruan, Yale Deng, Ji-Shuang Chen, Hui-Feng Lu, Xiang-Yang Xu
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Yale Deng, Yunjie Ruan, Mohammad J. Taherzadeh, Jishuang Chen, Wanhe Qi, Dedong Kong, Bin Ma, Xiangyang Xu, Huifeng Lu
Summary: The study found that increasing bamboo powder content in the carrier reduces carbon availability and has a negative impact on nitrate removal efficiency, but improves ammonia removal rate. Different carrier formulations can affect microbial compositions, with high bamboo powder content decreasing relative abundance of denitrifiers and increasing that of nitrifiers.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Roel M. Maas, Yale Deng, Yueming Dersjant-Li, Jules Petit, Marc C. J. Verdegem, Johan W. Schrama, Fotini Kokou
Summary: The study shows that supplementation with exogenous enzymes and probiotics can increase nutrient availability, benefit gut health, and contribute to a more stable microbiome environment.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Fisheries
Yale Deng, Marc C. J. Verdegem, Ep Eding, Fotini Kokou
Summary: The establishment of early-life gut microbiota is crucial for fish development and health. Rearing fish larvae in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) improves survival compared to flow-through systems (FTS), and dietary probiotic supplementation modulates gut bacterial composition, promoting beneficial bacteria presence.
Article
Ecology
Yale Deng, Klaudyna Borewicz, Joost van Loo, Marko Zabala Olabarrieta, Fotini Kokou, Detmer Sipkema, Marc C. J. Verdegem
Summary: The study revealed that in-situ produced biofloc significantly increased the prokaryotic diversity in tilapia gut, while dietary supplementation of processed biofloc only changed the relative abundance of minor prokaryotic taxa. The growth-promoting effect was only detected in the in-situ biofloc treatment, while dietary supplementation of processed biofloc had no effect on fish growth performance.
Article
Microbiology
Yale Deng, Fotini Kokou, Ep H. Eding, Marc C. J. Verdegem
Summary: The study investigated the impact of early microbial colonisation on the gut microbiome and growth of Nile tilapia. Results showed that larvae cultured in biofloc system (BFS) exhibited better growth and different gut microbiome compared to flow-through system (FTS). Despite initial differences, long-term effects on gut microbiome composition, nutrient digestibility, and growth performance in later life were not observed, indicating that the legacy effect gradually disappeared during host development. However, BFS-reared fish exhibited increased gut microbial interactions, potentially benefiting gut health in juvenile Nile tilapia.