Exploring microbial and metabolite composition of the external mucus of wild Mediterranean sparids: is there a link with their monogenean ectoparasites?
Overall, untargeted metabolomics and metabarcoding appear to be powerful tools for assessing global variations in the composition of external mucus in teleost fish. However, the identification of biomarkers remains more challenging with such approaches in wild populations, but suggests that the mucus of wild fish is likely an underexplored source of bioactive molecules, whose identity and role remain to be characterized.
Authors
- Yves Desdevises (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9774-0336)
- Judith Revault
- Elodie Magnanou
- Delphine Raviglione
- Nathalie Tapissier-Bontemps
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Université de Perpignan (FR)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologies Microbiennes (FR)
- Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l'Environnement (PF)
- Biologie Intégrative des Organismes Marins (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Microbiology
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-025-04671-4
- Primary Topic
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00