16S rRNA gene-based association study identified microbial taxa associated with pork intramuscular fat content in feces and cecum lumen

BMC Microbiology

Research Article

Ying Su¹  Shaoming Fang¹  Xingwei Xiong¹  Congying Chen¹  Lusheng Huang¹ 

[1] State Key Laboratory of Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, 330045, Nanchang, China;

关键词: 16S RNA;    IMF content;    Gut microbiota;    Functional capacity;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12866-017-1055-x

 received in 2017-03-28, accepted in 2017-06-21,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundIntramuscular fat (IMF) that deposits among muscle fibers or within muscle cells is an important meat quality trait in pigs. Previous studies observed the effects of dietary nutrients and additives on improving the pork IMF. Gut microbiome plays an important role in host metabolism and energy harvest. Whether gut microbiota exerts effect on IMF remains unknown.ResultsIn this study, we investigated the microbial community structure of 500 samples from porcine cecum and feces using high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing. We found that phylogenetic composition and potential function capacity of microbiome varied between two types of samples. Bacteria wide association study identified 119 OTUs significantly associated with IMF in the two types of samples (FDR < 0.1). Most of the IMF-associated OTUs belong to the bacteria related to polysaccharide degradation and amino acid metabolism (such as Prevotella, Treponema, Bacteroides and Clostridium). Potential function capacities related to metabolisms of carbohydrate, energy and amino acids, cell motility, and membrane transport were significantly associated with IMF content. FishTaco analysis suggested that the shifts of potential function capacities of microbiome associated with IMF might be caused by the IMF-associated microbial taxa.ConclusionsThis study firstly evaluated the contribution of gut microbiome to porcine IMF content. The results presented a potential capacity for improving IMF through modulating gut microbiota.

【 授权许可】

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