Aquaculture Microbiome Testing Services

Aquaculture is critical in meeting the global demand for seafood while promoting sustainability and ecosystem health. The microbiome is crucial in improving fish health, water quality, and feed efficiency in aquaculture systems. At Cmbio, we offer multi-omics expertise to help optimize aquaculture production and drive innovation in sustainable practices.

Aquaculture

Aquaculture is critical in meeting the global demand for seafood while promoting sustainability and ecosystem health. The microbiome is crucial in improving fish health, water quality, and feed efficiency in aquaculture systems. At Clinical Microbiomics, we offer multi-omics expertise to help optimize aquaculture production and drive innovation in sustainable practices.

Our Expertise in Aquaculture and Microbiome Research

We provide a range of services to help you reach your goals in aquaculture research. Whether you are working to improve fish health, optimize feed formulations, or enhance water quality, our solutions are designed to meet the specific challenges of understanding complex omics data in aquaculture.

We offer fast, scalable solutions tailored to the demands of aquaculture research, ensuring high-quality data that can deliver real-world improvements. By associating the microbiome and metabolome with key performance indicators such as growth rates, disease resistance, or water quality, we help you find the link that can improve productivity and sustainability.

Our Aquaculture Microbiome Tests

At Cmbio, our aquaculture microbiome research is designed to provide you with a deep understanding of the microbial environments within your aquaculture systems, including both farmed fish and other aquatic animals. Our comprehensive testing services leverage advanced 16S rRNA gene sequencing and analysis of microbial community composition to ensure you have the data necessary to make informed decisions that drive productivity and sustainable aquaculture practices.

Fish Gut Microbiome Analysis

Delve into the specifics of the fish gut microbiome, gut microbial communities, and gut microbiome composition to uncover insights that enhance fish nutrition, disease resistance, and fish growth. Our focus includes the study of gut microbiota such as lactic acid bacteria, beneficial gut microbes, and microbial metabolites, with special attention to host species like Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout, and zebrafish gut microbiota. This approach supports optimal fish health, relative abundance of beneficial bacteria, and overall host health by monitoring changes in gut microbial composition, gut bacterial diversity, and alpha diversity. We are also equipped to assess gut dysbiosis and opportunistic pathogens to protect fish health.

Water Quality Microbiome Assessment

Monitor and manage the aquatic microbiome composition and microbial communities of your water systems to maintain optimal conditions for a range of aquaculture species and aquatic ecosystems. Our assessment employs 16S rRNA gene sequencing to characterize microbial species, bacterial communities, microbial taxa, and the microbial community structure, including synthetic microbial communities. This process helps to mitigate gut health issues and environmental risks commonly associated with wild freshwater fishes influenced by changing microbiome diversity.

Feed Microbiome Evaluation

Optimise feed formulations by understanding the microbiota composition and microbial interactions that influence feed conversion efficiency, dietary supplementation, and probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics use. By examining microbial community composition in relation to feed, we support improved gut microbiota composition, fish gut microbial diversity, and microbiome diversity in farmed fish.

Tailored Testing Protocols

Each aquaculture environment is unique, so our testing protocols and sampling strategies are customised to meet your specific needs and aquaculture sustainability objectives. We factor in variations among fish species, environmental health considerations in recirculating aquaculture systems, differences in intestinal microbiota, and gut microbial community structure across aquatic species.

Custom Sampling Plans: We work collaboratively with you to establish effective sampling strategies for your aquaculture operations, ensuring that gut microbiome varies are accounted for and that relevant bacterial species and community composition are covered.
Advanced Analytical Techniques: Utilizing the latest sequencing and analytical methods, including 16S rRNA gene and microbiota composition profiling, we achieve precise and reliable results for intestinal epithelium, intestinal epithelial cells, and zebrafish intestinal microbial community.
Ongoing Consultation and Support: Receive guidance throughout the testing process—from initial consultation to data interpretation—supported by our collaborative experience and current research in aquatic animal health and microbiology.

De Novo Metagenomics

We offer de novo metagenomics to build specific reference databases for aquaculture environments, uncovering novel microbial species and functions that influence fish health, water quality, and overall system performance.

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Feed Supplement and

Functional Feeds Support

Our services include microbial strain characterization to support the development of functional feeds for aquaculture. This helps meet regulatory standards while optimizing feed efficiency and promoting healthy microbiomes that enhance fish growth and disease resilience.

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Pathogen Detection and AMR Surveillance

We provide cost-effective pathogen detection services, including antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance and microbial source tracking, to track disease outbreaks and contamination in aquaculture systems, ensuring compliance with safety standards.

Metabolomics for Bioactive Compound Discovery

Our metabolomics panels allow you to identify bioactive compounds linked to aquaculture health and productivity. By discovering beneficial metabolites or biomarkers of performance, you can improve the performance of your aquaculture.