Marine pathology microbial communities
In our continuous effort to monitor pathogens in the Mediterranean Sea, we examined the microbial communities within the gills of 89 samples, belonging to three common wild fish species (Bluespotted Seabream, Lessepsian Lizardfish and Atlantic Chub Mackerel). The fish were caught several kilometers off the shores of Ashdod at depths of 20-80m, and all appeared to be healthy when sampled. Gills' tissue was processed and went through 16S rRNA NGS…
