Project description:We describe here transcripts induced after infection of zebrafish with Spring Viremia Carp Virus (SVCV). Two days after infection, differentially expressed transcript levels from selected immune-related zebrafish genes were studied in internal organs (pooled spleen, head kidney). Also, transcripts from resistant fishes to viral infection one month after inoculation were studied. Three different experiments were performed to get three biological replicates. Fishes were divided into two groups in each experiment. First group was infected by immersion with SVCV 10^7 pfu/ml, second group was used as a control of non-infected fishes. 6 fishes per group were sacrificed two days post infection, whereas the rest of the infected fishes from the three experiments were maintained for 30 days in the aquariums and then survivors (six for experiment) were sacrificed. This submission includes three biological replicate groups for the non-infected fish and the two days post-infected fish, and two biological replicate groups for the 30 days post-infected fish.
Project description:Monitoring microbial communities can aid in understanding the state of these habitats. Environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques provide efficient and comprehensive monitoring by capturing broader diversity. Besides structural profiling, eDNA methods allow the study of functional profiles, encompassing the genes within the microbial community. In this study, three methodologies were compared for functional profiling of microbial communities in estuarine and coastal sites in the Bay of Biscay. The methodologies included inference from 16S metabarcoding data using Tax4Fun, GeoChip microarrays, and shotgun metagenomics.