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ECOLOGY
卷 91, 期 5, 页码 1251-1256出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1890/09-1067.1
关键词
commensalism; Coregonus sp.; opportunistic pathogens; parasitism; symbiotic microbes; water pollution; whitefish
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- Swiss National Science Foundation
There is mounting evidence that organic or inorganic enrichment of aquatic environments increases the risk of infectious diseases, with disease agents ranging from helminth parasites to fungal, bacterial, and viral pathogens. The causal link between microbial resource availability and disease risk is thought to be complex and, in the case of so-called opportunistic pathogens, to involve additional stressors that weaken host resistance (e.g., temperature shifts or oxygen deficiencies). In contrast to this perception, our experiment shows that the link between resource levels and infection of fish embryos can be very direct: increased resource availability can transform benign microbial communities into virulent ones. We find that embryos can be harmed before further stresses (e.g., oxygen depletion) weaken them, and treatment with antibiotics and fungicides cancels the detrimental effects. The changed characteristics of symbiotic microbial communities could simply reflect density-dependent relationships or be due to a transition in life-history strategy. Our findings demonstrate that simple microhabitat changes can be sufficient to turn opportunistic into virulent pathogens.
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