Journal
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 8, Pages 1891-1898Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12699
Keywords
gut bacteria; hindgut fermentation; intestine; symbiosis; 16S rRNA; microbial ecology
Funding
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Div Of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience [1244378] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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High-throughput sequencing approaches have enabled characterizations of the community composition of numerous gut microbial communities, which in turn has enhanced interest in their diversity and functional relationships in different groups of vertebrates. Although fishes represent the greatest taxonomic and ecological diversity of vertebrates, our understanding of their gut microbiota and its functional significance has lagged well behind that of terrestrial vertebrates. In order to highlight emerging issues, we provide an overview of research on fish gut microbiotas and the biology of their hosts. We conclude that microbial community composition must be viewed within an informed context of host ecology and physiology, and that this is of particular importance with respect to research planning and sampling design.
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