Sea cucmber gut microbiome. gut metagenome

High throughput 16S rRNA sequencing revealed significantly different microbiota in larger and smaller individuals. Metagenome analysis also suggest a functional importance of gut microbiome of the aquatic animal.高通量16S核糖体RNA（16S rRNA）测序揭示出体型较大与体型较小的个体之间存在显著的微生物群（microbiota）差异。宏基因组（Metagenome）分析亦表明，该水生动物的肠道微生物组（gut microbiome）具有重要的功能意义。