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Life strategies of bacterial taxa in rearing water microbiomes of whiteleg shrimp (<i>Litopenaeus vannamei</i>) larviculture. <i>World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology 42(4)</i>: 165. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11274-026-04912-2\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11274-026-04912-2</a>","BEntID":446452,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":1,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":null,"RefStringPartII":". <i>World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology 42(4)</i>: 165. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11274-026-04912-2\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11274-026-04912-2</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":0,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Heyse, J.; Props, R.; Defoirdt, T.; Boon, N.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Heyse, J. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"Enhancing our understanding of the role of microbial life strategies and their trade-offs in the functioning of microbial communities is essential for improving the management of microbial communities. In aquaculture microbiomes, management aimed at increasing the dominance of K-strategists has experimentally been shown to influence cultivation performance. To understand the mechanisms behind such observations, we need to improve our understanding of the typical properties and behaviour of r- and K-strategists. Several studies have advanced our understanding of theoretical trade-offs that may shape these life strategies, but our understanding of which trade-offs are relevant under natural conditions is still limited. In this study, we investigated the in situ growth strategies of bacterial taxa in rearing water microbiomes of whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) larviculture by reconstructing 67 high quality metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs), which covered between 31 and 85% of the sampled communities. We found evidence for niche separation between r- and K-biased strategists residing in these communities, with r-biased strategists typically encoding more and more versatile transport and metabolism pathways, and having a higher fitness for exploitation of spatially structured nutrient hotspots. We further increased the knowledge regarding the influence of r- and K-biased strategistson aquaculture cultivation performance by showing that the in situ growth activity of r-biased strategists could be linked better with cultivation performance than the relative abundance of r- and K-biased strategists.","AbstractOtherLang":null,"BibLvlCode":"AS","StandardTitle":"Life strategies of bacterial taxa in rearing water microbiomes of whiteleg shrimp (<i>Litopenaeus vannamei</i>) larviculture","OrigTitleLangCode":"en","OrigTitleLangCodeExtended":"eng","OrigTitleLangID":15,"DateLastModified":{"date":"2026-09-30 01:42:46.907390","timezone_type":1,"timezone":"+02:00"},"AuthorKeywords":"Life strategy;r/K selection;Aquaculture;Metagenomics;Microbiome;ecological strategies;k-selection;r package;flexibility;communities;performance;mechanisms;diversity;varies;growth","OtherDescriptors":null,"Notes":null,"AnaPub":2026,"MonPub":null,"DateUpdate":"2026-09-28","DateCreate":"2026-09-28","SecASFANote":null,"ConfID":null,"PeerRev":1,"VlizCoreFlag":1,"WoScode":"WOS:001727783100003","VABBcode":null,"OpenAcc":0,"DOI":"10.1007/s11274-026-04912-2"},"refs":null,"anarec":{"AnaID":448614,"PubliDate":2026,"Pagination":"165","XtraPublOfAnaID":null,"ISBN":null,"Volume":"42","Issue":"4","BRefMon":null,"BRefMonRR":null,"BRefXtra":null,"BRefXtraRR":null,"SerBRefID":280129,"SerRR":"World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology. 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