Deciphering the impact of endoparasitic infection on immune response and gut microbial composition of <i>Channa punctata</i>.

"the sequence has been submitted to genbank and the accession numbers are oq946545 oq946544 oq918676 oq933019 and oq918640."

"Conflict of interest The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision."

"The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This study was funded by the National Surveillance Program for Aquatic Animal Disease, Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), Govt. of India file no. (G/Nat. Surveillance/2022-23)."