Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) can non-mechanically digest cyanobacteria.

Abstract:

:The growth of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) is a typical phenomenon in water bodies worldwide. The use of silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) to reduce excessive phytoplankton development is controversial. In the case of cyanobacteria, many of which are toxic, understanding their possible digestion mechanism by fish is particularly desirable. A unique methodical approach, which consists of applying intestinal contents or extracts to a cyanobacteria culture, was used. Unicellular cyanobacteria (Cyanothece) were incubated in vitro with bile, contents of different parts of the intestinal tract, and cytosolic and microsomal extracts of the intestinal tissue of silver carp. The abundance of cyanobacteria decreased in all treatments containing either exclusively bile or its combination with intestinal contents. This research provides the first evidence of non-mechanical digestion of cyanobacteria by silver carp. Cyanobacteria incubated with intestinal contents or extracts reached mostly higher abundances than those incubated with the nutrient medium. The existence of non-mechanical digestion mediated via intestinal contents and extracts or its compensation connected with organic substance uptake is discussed.

journal_name

Fish Physiol Biochem

authors

Šetlíková I,Maciarzová S,Bláha M,Policar T

doi

10.1007/s10695-019-00751-1

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-04-01 00:00:00

pages

771-776

issue

2

eissn

0920-1742

issn

1573-5168

pii

10.1007/s10695-019-00751-1

journal_volume

46

pub_type

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