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Gut microbes of two kinds of surgeonfishes that eat algae

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English: Differences in the gut microbes between two kinds of surgeonfishes that eat different types of algae
Bluespine unicornfish eat mostly brown algae and have giant microbes of Type J Epulopiscium, while Sohal surgeonfish eat mostly red and green algae and have Type A1 Epulopiscium, shown in the small graphs showing the relative amount of each giant microbe type. These giant microbes, about the size of the width of a human hair, are specialized to only be able to break down the kinds of algae their host fish like to eat. They do so by breaking apart complex chains of sugars, called polysaccharides, into smaller, more digestible pieces with enzymes represented by the colored scissors.
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Source [1] doi:10.3389/frym.2020.00058
Author Matthew D. Tietbohl, David Kamanda Ngugi and Michael L. Berumen
The microbe image is from BioRender© and the fish image is from FishBase

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