Author:
Gan Lian,Xu Wei-Hua,Xiong Yuanyan,Lv Zhaolin,Zheng Jianwei,Zhang Yu,Lin Jianhao,Liu Jingshu,Chen Shijun,Chen Mengqiu,Guo Qingqi,Wu Junfeng,Chen Jingjie,Su Zhenhua,Sun Jijia,He Yuhui,Liu Chuanhe,Wang Weifang,Verstraete Willy,Sorgeloos Patrick,Defoirdt Tom,Qin Qiwei,Liu Yiying
Abstract
AbstractProbiotics when applied in complex evolving (micro-)ecosystems, might be selectively beneficial or detrimental to pathogens when their prophylactic efficacies are prone to ambient interactions. Here, we document a counter-intuitive phenomenon that probiotic-treated zebrafish (Danio rerio) were respectively healthy at higher but succumbed at lower level of challenge with a pathogenic Vibrio isolate. This was confirmed by prominent dissimilarities in fish survival and histology. Based upon the profiling of the zebrafish microbiome, and the probiotic and the pathogen shared gene orthogroups (genetic niche overlaps in genomes), this consequently might have modified the probiotic metabolome as well as the virulence of the pathogen. Although it did not reshuffle the architecture of the commensal microbiome of the vertebrate host, it might have altered the probiotic-pathogen inter-genus and intra-species communications. Such in-depth analyses are needed to avoid counteractive phenomena of probiotics and to optimise their efficacies to magnify human and animal well-being. Moreover, such studies will be valuable to improve the relevant guidelines published by organisations such as FAO, OIE and WHO.
Funder
Guangdong Marine Economy Promotion Projects (MEPP) Fund
Guangdong Provincial Special Fund For Modern Agriculture Industry Technology Innovation Teams, Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Guangdong Province
National Natural Science Foundation of China
National Natural Science Funds of Guangdong Province for Distinguished Young Scholar
China Agriculture Research System
Scientific Research Startup Fund of South China Agricultural University
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC