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New Aquaculture Technology Based on Host-Symbiotic Co-metabolism

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Marine Metagenomics

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Marine products represent an important source of protein for human consumption. With the expansion of human population, the demand of marine products from aquaculture has been increasing. Aquaculture production currently accounts for over half of all marine products. The development of aquaculture has improved with technological innovation; however, questions related to animals and their symbiotic gut bacteria remain due to the lack of biological knowledge. Therefore, host-symbiotic co-metabolism analyses using high-throughput technologies and next-generation analytics are conducted to improve the current methods of aquaculture. Recently, research has focused on the environmental microbiota in aquaculture facilities and the gut microbiota of aquatic animals. Controlling the microbiological conditions would greatly contribute to further develop aquaculture.

A holistic approach by omics analysis would be the most effective. Omics analyses using high-throughput technologies and next-generation analytics generate massive amounts of data. Conventional hypothesis-driven strategies remain important once the data-driven strategies have produced new insights on pathways not previously identified in the system studied and when a large amount of data was obtained. Combining data-driven and hypothesis-driven strategies to improve scientific knowledge will accelerate innovation and aquaculture technology.

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Mekuchi, M., Asakura, T., Kikuchi, J. (2019). New Aquaculture Technology Based on Host-Symbiotic Co-metabolism. In: Gojobori, T., Wada, T., Kobayashi, T., Mineta, K. (eds) Marine Metagenomics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8134-8_13

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