Dynamic interactions of fish skin microbiomes with their aquatic environments and the impacts of antibiotic exposures in aquaculture

Lead Research Organisation: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Department Name: Biosciences

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McMurtrie J (2022) Relationships between pond water and tilapia skin microbiomes in aquaculture ponds in Malawi in Aquaculture

Studentship Projects

Project Reference Relationship Related To Start End Student Name
BB/M009122/1 30/09/2015 31/03/2024
2241031 Studentship BB/M009122/1 30/09/2019 31/12/2023 James McMurtrie
NE/W503010/1 31/03/2021 30/03/2022
2241031 Studentship NE/W503010/1 30/09/2019 31/12/2023 James McMurtrie
 
Description Developed a deeper understanding of the microbial communities of bacteria and microeukaryotes that are associated in the pond environment and on the skin of tilapia - the most globally farmed aquaculture finfish. In particular, we provided further evidence of inter-individual variation in fish microbiomes; the large crossover between pond water and fish microbiomes; and the connectivity between bacteria and microeukaryotic communities.
Exploitation Route Provide baseline information on core microbial taxa associated with tilapia aquaculture. These taxa may be monitored in future studies to ascertain the effect of stress (e.g. transport, stocking fish, netting) on disease progression and fish health.
Sectors Agriculture

Food and Drink

Environment
URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738367
 
Title Interrelationships between pond water and tilapia skin microbiomes in aquaculture ponds in Malawi 
Description NCBI BioProject accession PRJEB46984 Full metabarcoding dataset available from a study that characterised the microbial assemblages found on tilapia skin and in the surrounding water of seven earthen aquaculture ponds from two geographic regions in Malawi. Metabarcoding approaches were used to sequence the prokaryotic (16S V4) and microeukaryotic (18S V9) communities. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Providing key information to the research community on the microeukarytoic communities associated with finfish pond aquaculture which has rarely been explored. 
URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJEB46984