Aims
The aim of this study was to identify and compare the gut microbial community of wild and captive
Tor tambroides
through 16S
rDNA
metagenetic sequencing followed by functions prediction.
Methods and results
The library of 16S
rDNA
V3‐V4 hypervariable regions of gut microbiota was amplified and sequenced using Illumina MiSeq. The sequencing data were analyzed using Quantitative Insights into Microbial Ecology (
QIIME
) pipeline and Phylogenetic Investigation of Communities by Reconstruction of Unobserved States (
PICRUS
t). The most abundant bacterial phyla in both wild and captive
T. tambroides
were Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Fusobacteria and Bacteroidetes.
Cetobacterium
spp., Peptostreptococcaceae family,
Bacteroides
spp., Phosphate solubilizing bacteria
PSB
‐M‐3,
and
Vibrio
spp. were five most abundant
OTU
in wild
T. tambroides
as compared to
Cetobacterium
spp.,
Citrobacter
spp., Aeromonadaceae family, Peptostreptococcaceae family and
Turicibacter
spp. in captive
T. tambroides
.
Conclusion
In this study, the specimens of the wild
T. tambroides
contain more diverse gut microbiota than of the captive ones. The results suggested that
Cetobacterium
spp. is one of the core microbiota in guts of
T. tambroides
. Besides, high abundant
Bacteroides
spp.,
Citrobacter
spp.,
Turicibacter
spp., and
Bacillus
spp. may provide important functions in
T. tambroides
guts.
Significance and impact of the study
The results of this study provide significant information of
T. tambroides
gut microbiota for further understanding of their physiological functions including growth and disease resistance.