Thread by @kid4_j

Wanna see something weird?! Ever thought about this? Every 2nd animal is a fish.
Despite this fact, much about the #microbiome in fish is unknown!
How is the #metagenome in Norwegian wild Atlantic #salmon as a case? In one word - surprising!

Here is a thread! (1/10)

We have used genome-resolving metagenomics to discover some wild and surprising interactions
between 🐟 and 🦠 in Atlantic salmon featured in @ISME_microbes
Please have a read: rdcu.be/c5Pny (2/10)

The first surprise we encountered was the simplicity of the microbiome of wild salmon! One 🦠 ruled over all the others no matter the sampling location - despite this being across 700 Km! (3/10)

And actually, the #microbiome was highly similar despite any environmental factor, including gender, diet and the presence of microfauna in the #gut! (4/10)

What surprised the most was that the populations of the dominant bacteria (Mycoplasma) followed the population structure of their host, showing a quite clear #codivergence between Atlantic salmon and Mycoplasma! (5/10)

The codivergence was so striking that we could detect the origin of the host based on the prevalence of amino acid variations in the #Mycoplasma genome! (6/10)

Functional analysis of the dominating Mycoplasma indicates that the Atlantic salmon could benefit from the Mycoplasma by generating several B vitamins and essential amino acids! (7/10)

Our results strongly suggest that close interactions are going on between the 🦠 and 🐟! (8/10)

We believe that these surprising patterns should encourage more investigations into fish microbiomes since they are nothing like terrestrial mammals 🐎🐮🐭🕴️ which are normally building our understanding of host-microbe interactions! (9/10)

All this work was built on genome-resolved #metagenomics thanks to the #anvio community❤️‍🔥, which provided the most amazing framework for biologists to discover the world of microbes!
Thanks to #anvio, @merenbey, and @tomodelmont!

anvio.org

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Whoops! By animal i mean vertebrates 💁🏻‍♂️🤓