Predominant intestinal bacteria of the pufferfish ( Takifugu rubripes Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) reared in an indoor tank as determined by the clone library analysis and culture method.

The article presents a study on the use of the clone library analysis and culture method to determine predominant intestinal bacteria of the pufferfish reared in an indoor tank. It reports culturability of fish intestinal bacteria ranged from 0.00003 to 80.9%. It also shows the same report illustrating that the intestinal microbiota of gray mullet is mainly composed of Alphaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, and Deltaproteobacteria.