Zebrafish: an efficient vertebrate model for understanding role of gut microbiota

• Main Authors: Hui Xia (Author), Huimin Chen (Author), Xue Cheng (Author), Mingzhu Yin (Author), Xiaowei Yao (Author), Jun Ma (Author), Mengzhen Huang (Author), Gang Chen (Author), Hongtao Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Gut microbiota plays a critical role in the maintenance of host health. As a low-cost and genetically tractable vertebrate model, zebrafish have been widely used for biological research. Zebrafish and humans share some similarities in intestinal physiology and function, and this allows zebr...