Large-Scale, Multi-Year Microbial Community Survey of a Freshwater Trout Aquaculture Facility

The profiling of microbial communities residing within aquaculture facilities have generally been focused on the farmed species as opposed to the water and surfaces that surround the. Our goal with this study was to characterize the microbial communities residing at three different sites in and around a freshwater rainbow trout aquaculture facility while simultaneously detecting economically-relevant Flavobacterial fish pathogens. This work will better the understanding of the microbial ecology and community dynamics within an aquaculture facility and inform on potential under-studied sources and reservoirs for recurrent pathogens.

对水产业设施内栖息的微生物群落进行表征，传统上多集中于养殖物种，而非其周边的水体与表面。本研究旨在对淡水彩虹鳟水产业设施内及周围三个不同地点的微生物群落进行特征描述，并同时检测与经济利益相关的黄杆菌鱼类病原体。此项研究将深化对水产业设施内微生物生态和群落动态的认识，并揭示潜在的研究较少的病原体来源和储存库。