Pathogenic mechanisms of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei from the parasite–gut microbiome–shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) physiology axis

Currently, owing to the static comparison between paired healthy and Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) infected shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei), how and to what extent the gut functional potentials respond to increasing severity of EHP infection are unclear. To close this knowledge gap, the gut microbiomes of normal, longish, medium and short sized adult shrimp were characterized by metagenomic sequencing.