Communications Biology (Jul 2022)

The gut microbiome variability of a butterflyfish increases on severely degraded Caribbean reefs

  • Friederike Clever,
  • Jade M. Sourisse,
  • Richard F. Preziosi,
  • Jonathan A. Eisen,
  • E. Catalina Rodriguez Guerra,
  • Jarrod J. Scott,
  • Laetitia G. E. Wilkins,
  • Andrew H. Altieri,
  • W. Owen McMillan,
  • Matthieu Leray

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03679-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The gut microbiome composition of the coral-feeding butterflyfish across Caribbean reefs is more variable at degraded reefs. These microbiomes have a lower abundance of Endozoicomonas and a higher diversity of anaerobic fermentative bacteria.