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SUBMITTER: Forberg T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4753419 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Forberg Torunn T Sjulstad Eli Bjørnø EB Bakke Ingrid I Olsen Yngvar Y Hagiwara Atsushi A Sakakura Yoshitaka Y Vadstein Olav O
Scientific reports 20160215
The vertebrate gut is host to large communities of bacteria, and one of the beneficial contributions of this commensal gut microbiota is the increased nutritional gain from feed components that the host cannot degrade on its own. Fish larvae of similar age and under the same rearing conditions often diverge with regards to growth. The underlying reasons for this could be differences in genetic background, feeding behavior or digestive capacity. Both feeding behavior and digestion can be influenc ...[more]