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Component Microenvironments And System Biogeography Structure Microorganism Distributions In Recirculating Aquaculture And Aquaponic Systems, Ryan Bartelme, Osvaldo J. Sepulveda-Villet, Ryan J. Newton, Matthew C. Smith
Component Microenvironments And System Biogeography Structure Microorganism Distributions In Recirculating Aquaculture And Aquaponic Systems, Ryan Bartelme, Osvaldo J. Sepulveda-Villet, Ryan J. Newton, Matthew C. Smith
Freshwater Faculty Articles
ABSTRACT Flowthrough and pond aquaculture system microbiome management practices aim to mitigate fish disease and stress. However, the operational success of recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) depends directly on system microbial community activities. In RAS, each component environment is engineered for a specific microbial niche for waste management, as the water continuously flowing through the system must be processed before returning to the rearing tank. In this study, we compared waste management component microbiomes (rearing tank water, pH correction tank, solid-waste clarifier, biofilter, and degassing tower) within a commercial-scale freshwater RAS by high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing. To assess consistency among …