ReviewMicrobial ecology2021
A Slimy Business: the Future of Fish Skin Microbiome Studies.
Review in Microbial ecology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Rapid and reversible fish skin mucosal microbiota shift toward environmental microbial communities within a day.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Host matters: coral reef fish species show distinct skin microbiome responses to upwelling-driven environmental changes.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Assessment of the effectiveness of host depletion techniques for profiling fish skin microbiomes and metagenomic analysis.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Exploring phylosymbiosis in the skin microbiome of coral reef fish: synergistic effects of environmental and host-specific factors.ISME communications · 2026Article
- Impacts of environmentally relevant concentrations of antibiotic cocktails on the skin microbiome of Eurasian carp (Cyprinus carpio).Animal microbiome · 2025Article
- The ecology and plasticity of fish skin and gill microbiomes: seeking what matters in health and disease.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2025Review
- Microbial community structure and functional characteristics across the mucosal surfaces of olive flounder (Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Characterization of Bacterial Communities on Trout Skin and Eggs in Relation toMicroorganisms · 2024Article
- Microbiome and epigenetic variation in wild fish with low genetic diversity.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Influence of host phylogeny and water physicochemistry on microbial assemblages of the fish skin microbiome.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2024Article
- Skin Microbial Community Associated to Strawberry Disease in Farmed Rainbow Trout (Microorganisms · 2024Article
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- Mediterranean Sea heatwaves jeopardize greater amberjack's (Seriola dumerili) aquaculture productivity through impacts on the fish microbiota.ISME communications · 2023Article
- The stability and composition of the gut and skin microbiota of Atlantic salmon throughout the yolk sac stage.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Disruption of the skin, gill, and gut mucosae microbiome of gilthead seabream fingerlings after bacterial infection and antibiotic treatment.FEMS microbes · 2023Article
- Skin Wound Healing Rate in Fish Depends on Species and Microbiota.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
Fish skin contains a mucosal microbiome for the largest and oldest group of vertebrates, a location ideal for microbial community ecology and practical applications in agriculture and veterinary medicine. These selective microbiomes are dominated by Proteobacteria, with compositions different from the surrounding water. Core taxa are a small percentage of those present and are currently functionally uncharacterized. Methods for skin sampling, DNA extraction and amplification, and sequence data processing are highly varied across the field, and reanalysis of recent studies using a consistent pipeline revealed that some conclusions did change in statistical significance. Further, the 16S gene sequencing approaches lack quantitation of microbes and copy number adjustment. Thus, consistency in the field is a serious limitation in comparing across studies. The most significant area for future study, requiring metagenomic and metabolomics data, is the biochemical pathways and functions within the microbiome community, the interactions between members, and the resulting effects on fish host health being linked to specific nutrients and microbial species. Genes linked to skin colonization, such as those for attachment or mucin degradation, need to be uncovered and explored. Skin immunity factors need to be directly linked to microbiome composition and individual taxa. The basic foundation has been laid, and many exciting future discoveries remain.
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