Dec 21, 2017 · Remarkably, potentially pathogenic Vibrio monopolized wild eel SMS-microbiome from natural ecosystems, Vibrio anguillarum/Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio cholerae/Vibrio metoecus being the most abundant ones in SMS from estuary and lake, respectively.

To this end, we analyzed the microbial content of the skin mucus of wild and farmed eels by using a metagenomic approach. We found a great abundance of replicating phage genomes (concatemers) in all the samples.

Nov 6, 2022 · What are eels covered with? The American eel has a slender, snake-like body that is covered with a mucus layer, which makes the eel appear to be naked and slimy despite the presence of minute scales. A long dorsal fin runs from the middle of the back and is continuous with a similar ventral fin.

Fish epidermal mucus contains innate immune components, secreted by globlet cells that provide the primary defence against different pathogenic microbes and act as a barrier between fish and its immediate niche. The major function of mucus includes entrapment and sloughing of microbes.

Mar 25, 2024 · Intagliata: My fascination with mucus recently took me to Orange, California, where biology professor Douglas Fudge of Chapman University keeps a tank full of hagfish. …

Jun 1, 2022 · The present novel eel skin mucus is an efficient therapeutic candidate in treating skin infections associated with pathogenic microbes.

This study aimed to characterize and describe for the first time several humoral immune defence parameters in the skin mucus of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) after intraperitoneal injection with Vibrio anguillarum or Tenacibaculum soleae.

Results: Biochemical characterization and antimicrobial potential of epidermal mucus extracts of M. cuchia showed that carbohydrate concentration was higher followed by protein and lipid content. Among proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids, the skin mucus of fish contained the smallest amount of lipids.

The eel's skin has a slippery and slimy texture covering the whole body through viscous colloids called mucus or mucin. Mucus is a glycoprotein secreted by the goblet cell in the epidermal, which contains numerous bioactive peptides and molecules [5].

Its eel-like body was a few feet long and its air-filled lungs persuaded anatomists it must be a reptile. A year later, another specimen was found in Africa, and based on the structure of its …