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| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 107306 |
| Pages (from-to) | 107306 |
| Journal | Journal of Invertebrate Pathology |
| Volume | 169 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 2020 |
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Ovipleistophora diplostomuri, a parasite of fish and their trematodes, also infects the crayfish Procambarus bivittatus. / Bojko, Jamie; Behringer, Donald C.; Moler, Paul; Reisinger, Lindsey.
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T1 - Ovipleistophora diplostomuri, a parasite of fish and their trematodes, also infects the crayfish Procambarus bivittatus
AU - Bojko, Jamie
AU - Behringer, Donald C.
AU - Moler, Paul
AU - Reisinger, Lindsey
PY - 2020/1
Y1 - 2020/1
N2 - Ovipleistophora diplostomuri (Microsporidia) is an obligate parasite of fish and trematodes in the US. In April 2019, an individual crayfish, Procambarus bivittatus (Escambia River, Florida), with a high-intensity microsporidian infection was delivered to the Emerging Pathogens Institute. Histological analysis determined that infection was restricted to the muscle tissue. Molecular diagnostics (PCR) provided 952 bp of the parasite SSU (18S) sequence. The isolate was 99.16% similar to O. diplostomuri identified from blue gill and their trematode parasites in Washington, USA. This discovery increases our understanding of Microsporidia within aquatic trophic networks, supporting the theory that the Ovipleistophora share complex relationships with vertebrates, invertebrates and helminth parasites.
AB - Ovipleistophora diplostomuri (Microsporidia) is an obligate parasite of fish and trematodes in the US. In April 2019, an individual crayfish, Procambarus bivittatus (Escambia River, Florida), with a high-intensity microsporidian infection was delivered to the Emerging Pathogens Institute. Histological analysis determined that infection was restricted to the muscle tissue. Molecular diagnostics (PCR) provided 952 bp of the parasite SSU (18S) sequence. The isolate was 99.16% similar to O. diplostomuri identified from blue gill and their trematode parasites in Washington, USA. This discovery increases our understanding of Microsporidia within aquatic trophic networks, supporting the theory that the Ovipleistophora share complex relationships with vertebrates, invertebrates and helminth parasites.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jip.2019.107306
DO - 10.1016/j.jip.2019.107306
M3 - Article
VL - 169
SP - 107306
JO - Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
JF - Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
SN - 0022-2011
M1 - 107306
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