Microecological Koch's postulates reveal that intestinal microbiota dysbiosis contributes to shrimp white feces syndrome.
Zhi-Jian HuangShenzheng ZengJinbo XiongDongwei HouRenjun ZhouChengguang XingDongdong WeiXisha DengLingfei YuHao WangZhixuan DengShaoping WengSatapornvanit KriengkraiDaliang NingJizhong ZhouJianguo HePublished in: Microbiome (2020)
Collectively, our findings offer solid evidence of the causality between IM dysbiosis and shrimp WFS, which exemplify the 'microecological Koch's postulates' (an intestinal microbiota dysbiosis, a disease) in disease etiology, and inspire our cogitation on etiology from an ecological perspective. Video abstract.