<i>Citrobacter</i> Species Increase Energy Harvest by Modulating Intestinal Microbiota in Fish: Nondominant Species Play Important Functions
Mei-Ling Zhang, Miao Li, Yi Sheng, Fang Tan, Liqiao Chen, Isaac Cann, Zhen‐Yu Du
Abstract
This study shows that the ability of gut microbiota members to enhance host energy harvest from a high-fat diet is a conserved feature of host-microbe interactions in fish, as in mammals. It also underscores that gut microbiota members are able to significantly impact host biology even when at low abundance.
Topics & Concepts
Gut floraBiologyHost (biology)CitrobacterFish <Actinopterygii>Abundance (ecology)ZoologyEcologyMicrobiologyEscherichia coliEnterobacteriaceaeGeneticsImmunologyFisheryGeneGut microbiota and healthVibrio bacteria research studiesChild Nutrition and Water Access