肠道菌群对凡纳滨对虾健康的指示作用

Intestinal bacterial community is indicative for the healthy status of Litopenaeus vannamei

高密度、集约化的凡纳滨对虾养殖常伴随病害的发生,但还不能确定能否利用对虾的肠道细菌差异来指示其健康状况.因此,我们分别采集了健康和发病养殖塘水样和对虾样品,利用Illumina Mi Seq测序技术测定细菌16S rRNA基因,研究细菌的群落结构和多样性.结果表明:细菌群落结构变异主要受水体中亚硝酸盐、叶绿素a和磷酸盐的影响.发病对虾肠道细菌群落多样性显著低于健康对虾.在健康和发病对虾肠道细菌中,运用响应比分析,我们筛选到了28个丰度差异显著的分类操作单元(OTUs),其中来源于放线菌纲、黄杆菌纲和芽孢杆菌纲的OTUs丰度在发病对虾肠道中显著降低,而隶属于梭状芽孢杆菌纲的OTUs丰度在发病对虾肠道显著增加.此外,我们挑选出61个指示物种,主要属于拟杆菌门、变形菌门、厚壁菌门、浮霉菌门和放线菌门.值得注意的是,它们能够区分样品的来源(水样或虾肠道)和健康状态.本研究为对虾病害预测和益生菌开发提供了理论依据.

High density and intensive Litopenaeus vannamei aquaculture has increased the frequency of shrimp disease, however, it remains uncertain whether change in intestinal bacteria could be indicative of shrimp health state （healthy or diseased）. Therefore, we collected water and shrimp intestine samples from ponds with or without diseased shrimps. Using bacterial 16S rRNA gene as a biomarker, the bacterial community structure and diversity were evaluated with the Illumina MiSeq sequencing technique. The results showed that the variations of bacterioplankton community were primarily shaped by the levels of NO2^--N, chlorophyll a and PO4^3--P. Bacterial diversity was significantly lower in diseased shrimps than in healthy ones. Using a response ratio analysis, we screened 28 operational taxonomic units （OTUs）, and their abundances significantly changed in the intestines between healthy and diseased shrimps. In general, the abundances of OTUs belonged to Actinobacteria, Flavobacteria and Bacilli significantly decreased in diseased shrimps compared with those in healthy shrimps, while the OTUs affiliated to Clostridia showed an opposite pattern. In addition, we obtained 61 indicator species that primarily affiliated to Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Planctomycetes and Actinobacteria. Notably, the identified indicator taxa exhibited clearly discriminative patterns among habitats （water or intestine） and health status. Collectively, this study provided scientific information for development of new probiotics and disease prevention.