Progress on gut microbiota of aquatic animals and its effects on host growth performance
At present,the aquaculture sector possesses limited approaches to enhance breeding efficiency and eco-nomic effectiveness,thereby leading to the sluggish development of the aquaculture industry.The gut microbiota has an important relationship with the growth rate,hormone levels,nutrient metabolism and immune function of aquatic ani-mals.The homeostasis of gut microbiota provides favorable conditions for the growth and reproduction of aquatic ani-mals.This relationship between aquatic animals and gut microbes suggests that host-microbe interactions may influence host growth performance.To improve insights into the interactions between gut microbiota and host,growth performance is used as the main entry point to help understand the potential role of gut microbes during host growth.Exploring the functional mechanism of gut microbiota in aquatic animals is helpful to improve the yield and quality of aquaculture and promote the development of aquaculture.The role of gut microbiota,the relationship between intestinal flora and growth performance of aquatic animals,and the mechanism of gut microbiota regulating growth performance are reviewed to pro-vide reference for the relevant research.