Comparative study of the gut microbial communities collected by scraping and swabbing in a fish model: a comprehensive guide to promote non-lethal procedures for gut microbial studies

Comparative study of the gut microbial communities collected by scraping and swabbing in a fish model: a comprehensive guide to promote non-lethal procedures for gut microbial studies

In the present study, we propose the use of swabs in non-lethal sampling procedures to collect the mucosa-adhered gut microbiota from the posterior intestine of fish, and therefore, we compare the bacterial communities collected by conventional scraping and by swabbing methods. For this purpose, sam...

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Main Authors: Alberto Ruiz, Silvia Torrecillas, Elena Kashinskaya, Karl B. Andree, Mikhail Solovyev, Enric Gisbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
fish microbiota
mucosa
intestine
sampling procedure
animal welfare
reduction
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2024.1374803/full

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