Endashaw Jebessa
Influence of Eimeria maxima coccidia infection on gut microbiome diversity and composition of the jejunum and cecum of indigenous chicken
Jebessa, Endashaw; Guo, Lijin; Chen, Xiaolan; Bello, Semiu Folaniyi; Cai, Bolin; Girma, Mekonnen; Hanotte, Olivier; Nie, Qinghua
Authors
Lijin Guo
Xiaolan Chen
Semiu Folaniyi Bello
Bolin Cai
Mekonnen Girma
OLIVIER HANOTTE OLIVIER.HANOTTE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Director of Frozen Ark Project & Professor of Genetics & Conservation
Qinghua Nie
Abstract
Coccidiosis is an economically significant protozoan disease and an intracellular parasite that significantly impacts poultry production. The gastrointestinal tract microbiota plays a central role in host health and metabolism, and these microbes enhance chickens’ immune systems and nutrient absorption. In this study, we analyzed the abundance and diversity of microbiota of the jejunum and cecum of a dual-purpose indigenous Horro chicken following Eimeria maxima infection. We compared microbial abundance, composition, and diversity at the 4- and 7- days post-infection using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. We obtained, on average, 147,742 and 132,986 high-quality sequences per sample for jejunum and cecum content, respectively. Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Campilobacterota and Bacteroidota were the major microbial phylum detected in the jejunum content. Firmicutes were the dominant phylum for 4- and 7-days jejunum control groups accounting for (>60% of the sequences). In the infected group Campilobacterota was the dominant phylum in the jejunum (> 24% of sequences) at 4-and 7-days post-infection groups, while Proteobacteria was predominant at 4- and 7-days post-infection of the cecum (> 40% of the sequences). The microbial genus Lactobacillus and Helicobacter were found in the jejunum, while Alistipes, Barnesiella and Faecalibacterium were detected in the cecum. In the jejunum, Helicobacter was dominant at 4 -and-7 days post-infection (≥24%), and Lactobacillus was dominant at 4 -and 7- days in the control group (> 50%). In 4- and 7-days post-infection, Alistipes genus was the more prevalent (> 38%) in the cecum. Thus, clear differences were observed in the bacterial microbiota distribution and abundance between the jejunum and cecum, as well as between infected and control groups for both tissues. The results indicate that chicken intestinal microbial imbalance (dysbiosis) is associated with Eimeria parasite infection and will likely affect the host-microbial non-pathogenic and pathogenic molecular interactions.
Citation
Jebessa, E., Guo, L., Chen, X., Bello, S. F., Cai, B., Girma, M., …Nie, Q. (2022). Influence of Eimeria maxima coccidia infection on gut microbiome diversity and composition of the jejunum and cecum of indigenous chicken. Frontiers in Immunology, 13, Article 994224. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.994224
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Aug 12, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Sep 5, 2022 |
Publication Date | Sep 5, 2022 |
Deposit Date | Feb 4, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 8, 2023 |
Journal | Frontiers in Immunology |
Electronic ISSN | 1664-3224 |
Publisher | Frontiers Media |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 13 |
Article Number | 994224 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.994224 |
Keywords | Immunology, Eimeria maxima, infection, gut microbiome, 16S rRNA, chicken |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/11742954 |
Publisher URL | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2022.994224/full |
Additional Information | This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
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