The tilapia (Oreochromis) aquaculture industry in Malaysia has expanded rapidly to meet the increasing demand for animal protein. However, this growth is challenged by microbial infections, particularly those caused by the emerging pathogen Aeromonas dhakensis. This study aimed to investigate the microbial community composition across four distinct tilapia farming systems and assess associated water physicochemical parameters,...

Many anthozoans, e.g., sea anemones and corals, have remarkable capacities for asexual reproduction and regeneration, creating complete individual polyps from pieces of parental polyp tissue. Notably, polyps produced asexually (or regenerated) from somatic tissues that originally contain no gonads are capable of sexual reproduction. However, how somatically derived polyps can reproduce remains largely unexplored. Here, using a...

In mammals, mature miR-122 is 22 nucleotides long and can be involved in regulating a variety of physiological and biological pathways. In this study, the expression profile and effects of grouper Epinephelus coioides miR-122 response to Singapore grouper iridovirus (SGIV) infection were investigated. The sequences of mature microRNAs (miRNAs) from different organisms are highly conserved, and miR-122 from E. coioides exhibits...