Community profiling of the intestinal microbial community of juvenile Hammerhead Sharks (Sphyrna lewini) from the Rewa Delta, Fiji.
Natacha M S Juste-PoinapenLu YangMarta FerreiraJohann PoinapenCiro RicoPublished in: Scientific reports (2019)
Fourteen juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini; SHS) were captured between November and December 2014 in the Rewa Delta in Fiji, and assessed for intestinal microflora characterisation using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing by Illumina Miseq. The microbial population revealed a fluctuating dominance between the Enterobacteriaceae and Vibrionaceae families, namely Citrobacter and Photobacterium spp. Other related marine operational taxonomic units were closely related to Afipia felis, Chloroflexus aggregans, Psychrobacter oceani, Pontibacter actiniarum and Shigella sonnei. Two sharks had distinctive profiles that were dominated by known pathogens, namely Aeromonas salmonicida and Klebsiella pneumonia. The presence of a Methanosaeta species, and of Shigella and Psychrobacter, would suggest sewage contamination because of a spill that occurred on the 6th of December 2014. This study successfully establishes a baseline for future research.
Keyphrases
- microbial community
- antibiotic resistance genes
- single cell
- multidrug resistant
- healthcare
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- risk assessment
- gram negative
- drinking water
- current status
- intensive care unit
- cystic fibrosis
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- escherichia coli
- drug induced
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- mechanical ventilation