Gut microbiota dynamics in carnivorous European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) fed plant-based diets

Abstract A healthy gastrointestinal microbiota is essential for host fitness, and strongly modulated by host diet. In aquaculture, a current challenge is to feed carnivorous fish with plant-feedstuffs in substitution of fish meal, an unsustainable commodity. Plants have a limited nutritive value due...

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Main Authors: Cláudia R. Serra, Aires Oliva-Teles, Paula Enes, Fernando Tavares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80138-y