The intestinal microbial diversity in mud crab (<i>Scylla paramamosain</i>) as determined by PCR-DGGE and clone library analysis

Abstract

This study demonstrated significant differences in the intestinal bacterial composition of three crab populations. This knowledge will increase our understanding of the effect of growth conditions on bacterial community composition in the crab gut and provide necessary data for further development of probiotic products for diseases prevention in crab farming.