Bacteroidia and Clostridia genomes collectively encode for a progressive cascade of marine polysaccharide degradation along the hindgut of the herbivorous fishKyphosus sydneyanus
Cesar T. Facimoto,
Kendall D. Clements,
W. Lindsey White
et al.
Abstract:The gut microbiota of the marine herbivorous fishKyphosus sydneyanusare thought to play an important role in host nutrition by supplying short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) through fermentation of dietary macroalgae. Here, we assembled 645 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from wild fish to determine the capacity of different bacterial taxa to degrade seaweed carbohydrates along the gut. Most bacteria (99%) were unclassified at the species level, highlighting taxonomic novelty dominated by Bacteroidia and Clostri… Show more
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