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April 15, 2026AnimalsOpen Access

Providencia vermicola Infection Alters Bacterial and Microeukaryotic Gut Community Composition in Nile Tilapia

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JGJesús Salvador Olivier Guirado-FloresFVFrancisco Vargas-AlboresMMMarcel Martínez-Porchas

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Overview

Evaluates the changes in gut microbiota composition in Nile tilapia after Providencia vermicola infection, highlighting ecosystem-level dysbiosis implications.

Key Points

  • The aim is to assess how Providencia vermicola infection affects both bacterial and microeukaryotic gut communities in Nile tilapia.
  • Experimental infection of Nile tilapia with Providencia vermicola.
  • 16S and 18S rRNA amplicon sequencing for microbiota profiling.
  • Comparison of gut microbiota composition in healthy versus infected fish.
  • Assessment of taxonomic and functional changes in gut microbial communities.
  • Significant compositional shifts in gut microbiota post-infection.
  • Increased relative abundances of Bacteroidota and Proteobacteria.
  • Decreased relative abundances of Fusobacteriota and Patescibacteria.
  • Reduction in microeukaryotic groups like Protalveolata and Nematozoa.
  • Metabolic pathway reconfiguration linked to ecological disturbances from infection.

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Guirado-Flores et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69df2b85e4eeef8a2a6b06bahttps://doi.org/10.3390/ani16081180
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