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ArticleMolecular ecology2020

Diversity of gut microbiomes in marine fishes is shaped by host-related factors.

Qi Huang, Ronia C Sham, Yu Deng, Yanping Mao, Chunxiao Wang, Tong Zhang, Kenneth M Y Leung

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Article in Molecular ecology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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66citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 169 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Qi HuangSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Ronia C ShamSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Yu DengDepartment of Civil Engineering, Environmental Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology Lab, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Yanping MaoDepartment of Civil Engineering, Environmental Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology Lab, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Chunxiao WangDepartment of Civil Engineering, Environmental Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology Lab, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Tong ZhangDepartment of Civil Engineering, Environmental Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology Lab, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Kenneth M Y LeungSchool of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2164-4281
University of Hong Kong · HKCity University of Hong Kong · HKShenzhen University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract of animals play vital roles in food digestion, homeostasis and immune response regulation. Globally, there are 33,700 fish species, representing almost half of all vertebrate diversity and a wide range of physiologies, ecologies and life histories. To investigate gut microbiomes with high coverage, we performed 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing with 115 samples of 20 common marine fish species. The fish gut microbiome is a remarkably simple community with low microbial diversity (a maximum of 300 amplicon sequence variants only) and has up to 70% of unknown species in some fish species. The gut microbial community structure was significantly shaped by the combined influence of host-associated factors, including the fish taxon (p < .001, R

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeMicrobiotaAnimalsBacteriaFishesRNA, Ribosomal, 16SRNA, Ribosomal, 16S16S rRNA genefeeding habitgut microbiomehost taxonmarine fishestrophic level

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PMID33084100
PMCPMC7756402
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