Recent advances in bivalve-microbiota interactions for disease prevention in aquaculture

Type Article
Date 2022-02
Language English
Author(s) Paillard Christine1, Gueguen YannickORCID2, Wegner K Mathias3, Bass David4, 5, 6, Pallavicini Alberto7, 8, Vezzulli Luigi9, Arzul IsabelleORCID10
Affiliation(s) 1 : Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR, F-29280 Plouzané, France
2 : IHPE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, UPVD, Montpellier, France
3 : Alfred Wegener Institute – Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Coastal Ecology, Waddensea Station Sylt, D-25992 List, Germany
4 : International Centre of Excellence for Aquatic Animal Health, Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Weymouth Laboratory, Weymouth, DT4 8UB Dorset, UK
5 : Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture Futures, University of Exeter, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, EX4 4QD Exeter, UK
6 : Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD London, UK
7 : Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via Licio Giorgeri 5, 34126 Trieste, Italy
8 : National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics, via Piccard 54, 34151 Trieste, Italy
9 : Department of Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences (DISTAV), University of Genoa, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genoa, Italy
10 : Ifremer, RBE-SG2M-LGPMM, Station de La Tremblade, Avenue de Mus de Loup, F-17390 La Tremblade, France
Source Current Opinion In Biotechnology (0958-1669) (Elsevier), 2022-02 , Vol. 73 , P. 225-232
DOI 10.1016/j.copbio.2021.07.026
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Abstract

In bivalves, no clear-cut functional role of microbiota has yet been identified, although many publications suggest that they could be involved in nutrition or immunity of their host. In the context of climate change, integrative approaches at the crossroads of disciplines have been developed to explore the environment-host-pathogen-microbiota system. Here, we attempt to synthesize work on (1) the current methodologies to analyse bivalve microbiota, (2) the comparison of microbiota between species, between host compartments and their surrounding habitat, (3) how the bivalve microbiota are governed by environmental factors and host genetics and (4) how host-associated microorganisms act as a buffer against pathogens and/or promote recovery, and could thereby play a role in the prevention of disease or mortalities.

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