Breaking the mold: The first report on germ-free adult marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma) models
P.-P. Jia, Y.-F. Yang, W.-G. Li, J.-J. Duan, Y. Wang, D.-S. Pei
This study generates the first germ-free marine medaka models from larvae to adults and identifies developmental and transcriptomic differences caused by the absence of gut microbiota.
bioRxiv · Apr 10, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology