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Yurakhno VM, Slynko EE, Chinh NN, Ha VT, Whipps CM. Multivalvulidan myxosporeans from marine fishes in Nha Trang Bay, Vietnam, with descriptions of Kudoa igori n. sp. and Kudoa borimiri n. sp. from mullets. Parasitol Res 2022; 121:2927-2943. [PMID: 35972544 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-022-07620-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In March and April 2018, we carried out a survey of myxosporean parasites in coastal fishes collected from Nha Trang Bay in Vietnam's East Sea. Of the 159 fish specimens, 18 fish species were represented, belonging to 10 families. In 8 host species, 7 myxosporean species were found, representing the genera Kudoa and Unicapsula. Two of these species were new to science: Kudoa igori n. sp. from the gallbladder of Longarm mullet Osteomugil cunnesius (Valenciennes, 1836) (prevalence 10%) and Kudoa borimiri n. sp. from skeletal muscles of Longarm mullet and Longfinned mullet Osteomugil perusii (Valenciennes, 1836) (prevalence 30% and 60%, respectively). Vegetative stages were not found. Spores of K. igori n. sp. were small, orbicular to quadrate in apical view, and with four equal valves. In lateral view, spores were shallowly ovoid with a slightly protruding anterior pole. The 4 polar capsules were slightly unequal sizes and were oriented toward the apex of the spore. Dimensions were as follows: spore length 4.56 ± 0.22 (4.18-4.56), thickness 4.42 ± 0.39 (3.55-5.13), width 5.74 ± 0.46 (4.66-6.50), length of biggest polar capsule 1.38 ± 0.14 (1.1-1.65), middle 1.28 ± 0.12 (1.03-1.53), smallest 1.13 ± 0.11 (0.94-1.30), width of biggest polar capsule 1.03 ± 0.14 (0.83-1.4), middle 0.92 ± 0.12 (0.76-1.08), smallest 0.74 ± 0.12 (0.55-0.94). Spores of K. borimiri n. sp. had four equal valves with slightly rounded ends and were quadrate in apical view. In lateral view, spores were broadly deltoid. Four equal-sized polar capsules opened at the apex of the spore. In O. cunnesius, spore dimensions were as follows: length 3.51 ± 0.15 (3.34-3.92), thickness 3.65 ± 0.38 (2.79-4.21), width 4.97 ± 0.37 (4.13-5.97), length of the polar capsules 1.23 ± 0.18 (0.99-1.57), width 0.88 ± 0.07 (0.70-1.00). Overlapping dimensions for K. borimiri n. sp. spores were also found in O. perusii. Other known myxozoan species we encountered were Kudoa thyrsites and Kudoa whippsi, which had not previously been reported from the East Sea and Vietnam. We also encountered Kudoa monodactyli, which had not previously been reported from Nha Trang Bay. In addition, we report 2 additional species, a Kudoa sp. and a Unicapsula sp., that were not attributable to previously described myxozoans and need further investigation to completely characterize.
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Affiliation(s)
- Violetta Mikhailovna Yurakhno
- A. O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, 2 Nakhimov Av., 299011, Sevastopol, Russian Federation
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- Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters Russian Academy of Sciences, Yaroslavl region, Borok, 152742, Nekouz District, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources of Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 - Hoang Quoc Viet, Nghia Do, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Vietnam
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- Vietnam-Russia Joint Tropical Science and Technology Research Centre, 30 Nguyen Thien Thuat, Khanh Hoa, Nha Trang, Vietnam
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- Environmental Biology, SUNY-ESF, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA.
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Novosolov M, Yahalomi D, Chang ES, Fiala I, Cartwright P, Huchon D. The Phylogenetic Position of the Enigmatic, Polypodium hydriforme (Cnidaria, Polypodiozoa): Insights from Mitochondrial Genomes. Genome Biol Evol 2022; 14:6648524. [PMID: 35867352 PMCID: PMC9380995 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evac112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Polypodium hydriforme is an enigmatic parasite that belongs to the phylum Cnidaria. Its taxonomic position has been debated: whereas it was previously suggested to be part of Medusozoa, recent phylogenomic analyses based on nuclear genes support the view that P. hydriforme and Myxozoa form a clade called Endocnidozoa. Medusozoans have linear mitochondrial (mt) chromosomes, whereas myxozoans, as most metazoan species, have circular chromosomes. In this work, we determined the structure of the mt genome of P. hydriforme, using Illumina and Oxford Nanopore Technologies reads, and showed that it is circular. This suggests that P. hydriforme is not nested within Medusozoa, as this would entail linearization followed by recirculation. Instead, our results support the view that P. hydriforme is a sister clade to Myxozoa, and mt linearization in the lineage leading to medusozoans occurred after the divergence of Myxozoa + P. hydriforme. Detailed analyses of the assembled P. hydriforme mt genome show that: (1) it is encoded on a single circular chromosome with an estimated size of ∼93,000 base pairs, making it one of the largest metazoan mt genomes; (2) around 78% of the genome encompasses a noncoding region composed of several repeat types; (3) similar to Myxozoa, no mt tRNAs were identified; (4) the codon TGA is a stop codon and does not encode for tryptophan as in other cnidarians; (5) similar to myxozoan mt genomes, it is extremely fast evolving.
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- Maria Novosolov
- School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Haworth Hall, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA.,Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budĕjovice, Czech Republic.,Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budĕjovice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Haworth Hall, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA
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- School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel.,The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History and National Research Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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Li YC, Inoue K, Zhang JY, Sato H. Descriptions of Three New Species and New Host or Distribution Records of Five Species of the Genus Kudoa (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) in Commercial Fishes Collected from South China Sea. Acta Parasitol 2022; 67:976-996. [PMID: 35429305 DOI: 10.1007/s11686-022-00545-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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PURPOSE Myxosporeans of the genera Kudoa and Unicapsula (Cnidaria: Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) may be causative agents of diseases that substantially lower the commercial value of certain marine fishes; thus, species identification is important to effectively manage outbreaks and control infections. METHODS AND RESULTS Our investigations of commercial fishes in the families Leiognathidae (three species), Ambassidae (one), Carangidae (five) and Gerreidae (one) in the South China Sea revealed new host records for Kudoa lutjanus (Ambassis martanus, and Gerres limbattus), Kudoa trachuri (Decapterus maruadsi, and Decapterus macrosoma), Kudoa uncinata (Photopectoralis bindus), and Kudoa longichorda (D. macrosoma) and new geographical distribution records for Kudoa javanensis (Alepes djedaba), K. trachuri, and K. longichorda. Moreover, three new Kudoa spp. were described based on detected specimens forming pseudocysts in trunk muscle myofibres. These included Kudoa corniculata n. sp. from Eubleekeria jonesi, and Leiognathus equulus; Kudoa hirsuta n. sp. from Trachurus japonicas, D. maruadsi, and D. macrosoma; and Kudoa parvibulvosa n. sp. from Megalaspis cordyla. To identify these species, their myxospores were morphologically and molecularly characterised based on the small and large subunits of their ribosomal RNA genes. CONCLUSIONS In this study, we demonstrated morphometric variations in the myxospores of various species and an atypical K. uncinata morphotype with unequal polar capsules. Hence, taxonomic identification of myxosporeans require molecular characterisation.
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- Ying-Chun Li
- Faculty of Agricultural Science, Guangdong Ocean University, Mazhang, Zhanjiang, 524088, Guangdong Province, China
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- Laboratory of Parasitology, Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan
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- Laboratory of Aquatic Parasitology, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266237, Shandong Province, China
- State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, and Key Laboratory of Aquaculture Disease Control, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430072, Hubei Province, China
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- Laboratory of Parasitology, Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan.
- Division of Pathogenic Microorganisms, Research Center for Thermotolerant Microbial Resources, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan.
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Inoue K, Kasai A, Rosyadi I, Sato H. Occurrence of Kudoa prunusi and K. lateolabracis (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) in Philippine-Sea Japanese parrotfish (Calotomus japonicus). Parasitol Res 2022; 121:601-612. [PMID: 35006316 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-021-07418-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Multiple Kudoa spp. (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) have been recorded in Japanese parrotfish (Calotomus japonicus) from the Philippine Sea (Northwest Pacific Ocean), off southwestern Japan; Kudoa yasunagai in the brain, and K. igami, K. lateolabracis, and K. thalassomi in the muscles. This study examined eight Philippine Sea Japanese parrotfish samples collected in January and February 2019 and found K. prunusi in the brain (3-57 plasmodia/fish; average 17.9) and K. lateolabracis plasmodia in the trunk muscle of all fish individuals examined. The K. prunusi in this study was characterized by myxospores predominatetly with six shell valves (SVs) and a corresponding number of polar capsules (PCs), contrasting with the original description of the species from farmed Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) brain that characterized the species as having predominately five SVs/PCs. Molecular-genetic characterization of 18S and 28S ribosomal RNA genes and mitochondrial DNA genes (cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 and small and large ribosomal RNA subunits) clearly differentiated the K. prunusi isolate from K. yasunagai, commonly characterized by six or seven, but rarely five, SVs/PCs myxospores. The Japanese parrotfish is a new host record for K. prunusi and speculated to be an important reservoir host in its natural waters. Kudoa lateolabracis myxospores isolated from pseudocysts in the myofiber were morphologically and phylogenetically close to a clade of the Kudoa spp. that exhibit cruciform myxospores similar to K. thyrsites. This study is the first to sequence a mitochondrial DNA of small and large subunit ribosomal RNA of K. lateolabracis.
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- Ken Inoue
- Laboratory of Parasitology, Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan
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- Laboratory of Parasitology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan
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- Laboratory of Parasitology, Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan
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- Laboratory of Parasitology, Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan. .,Laboratory of Parasitology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan.
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First report of three multivalvulid species (Cnidaria: Myxozoa: Myxosporea) in commercial fishes from Java Sea, Indonesia, with records of Unicapsula pyramidata and two new Kudoa spp. Parasitol Res 2021; 120:861-876. [PMID: 33511471 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-07030-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Commercial marine fishes caught locally in East Java, Indonesia, were examined for multivalvulid myxosporeans (Cnidaria: Myxozoa: Myxosporea). Plasmodia of Unicapsula pyramidata were detected in the trunk muscle of two fork-tailed threadfin breams (Nemipterus furcosus). Genetic comparisons of this sample to those collected in the Australian Coral Sea and South China Sea showed few nucleotide substitutions in the small subunit and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) with the species isolated in the Australian Coral Sea and South China Sea. Pseudocysts of two new Kudoa spp. with four shell valves and polar capsules were found in the trunk muscle of two shrimp scads Alepes djedaba and two flathead grey mullets Mugil cephalus. Kudoa javaensis n. sp. myxospores isolated from the shrimp scad were 5.1-7.2 (mean 6.2) μm thick, 6.2-7.9 (7.3) μm wide, and 4.6-6.3 (5.4) μm long, with polar capsules 1.9-2.5 (2.2) μm long and 1.1-1.4 (1.3) μm wide (n = 15). Kudoa surabayaensis n. sp. myxospores isolated from the flathead grey mullet were 5.8-6.7 (6.3) μm thick, 6.4-7.6 (6.9) μm wide, and 4.6-5.0 (4.7) μm long, with polar capsules 1.8-2.4 (2.1) μm long and 0.9-1.3 (1.1) μm wide (n = 25). These two Kudoa spp. showed critical differences in spore shapes (semiquadrate with unequal shell valves vs. equal shell valves), and absence vs. presence of uplifted shell valve termini. Nucleotide sequencing of rDNA supported the morphological differentiation of these two species. Furthermore, these two isolates were morphologically and phylogenetically distinct from any recorded Kudoa spp.
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Identification of four new Kudoa spp. (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) in commercial fishes collected from South China Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and Bering Sea by integrated taxonomic approach. Parasitol Res 2020; 119:2113-2128. [PMID: 32476059 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06707-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Members of the myxosporean genus Kudoa are defined as having a myxospore with four or more shell valves (SVs) and a corresponding number of polar capsules (PCs). Here, we employed integrated taxonomic approaches to four kudoid isolates from Acentrogobius chlorostigmatoides and Konosirus punctatus from the South China Sea, off Guangdong, Pentanemus quinquarius from the Southeast Atlantic Ocean, off West African coast, and Atheresthes stomias from the Bering Sea, off Alaska, and concluded that all these kudoids were novel species, named Kudoa acentrogobia n. sp., Kudoa guangdongensis n. sp., Kudoa iidae n. sp., and Kudoa aburakarei n. sp., respectively. Kudoa guangdongensis n. sp., forming pseudocysts in the trunk muscle myofibers of K. punctatus, had large-sized tripod myxospores with three wing-like SV extensions and three PCs (one prominent PC and two rudimentary PCs). Phylogenetic analyses based on the 18S and 28S ribosomal RNA gene (rDNA) demonstrated its affinity to the genus Kudoa, not to Unicapsula characterized by a myxospore with one prominent PC and two rudimentary PCs, suggesting the atypical nature of this new species in the context of myxospore morphology. Three other kudoid isolates had four SVs and PCs in a semi-quadrated, ray-like, or cruciform myxospore, respectively, forming pseudocysts in the trunk muscle myofibers. Kudoa iidae n. sp. forming pseudocysts in the muscles of P. quinquarius from Southeast Atlantic Ocean had unique myxospores with ray-like form, showing close morphological resemblance to Kudoa rayformis, which were recorded from the muscle of Scomberomorus sierra from the Pacific Ocean off Panama. These two species had a phylogenetic relationship of morphological convergence, evolving separately in different sea areas. It is fairly difficult to differentiate K. acentrogobia n. sp. and K. aburakarei n. sp., prevalent in their host fishes, from kudoid species with similar myxospore morphology (e.g., Kudoa nova and Kudoa thyrsites, respectively), but distinct in phylogeny from known Kudoa spp. Combined taxonomic identification of multivalvulid myxosporeans based on both morphological criteria of isolated myxozoans and their molecular characterization could disclose their real biodiversity and phylogeny.
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Cardim J, Araújo-Neto J, da Silva DT, Hamoy I, Matos E, Abrunhosa F. Kudoa yasai n. sp. (Multivalvulida: Kudoidae) from the skeletal muscle of Macrodon ancylodon (Sciaenidae) on the northern Atlantic coast, Brazil. Parasitol Res 2020; 119:1743-1752. [PMID: 32318807 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06679-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A new parasite species, Kudoa yasai n. sp. (Multivalvulida), is described from the king weakfish (Macrodon ancylodon), which is an important commercial fishery resource on the Brazilian Amazon coast. A total of 190 M. ancylodon specimens were obtained from the central fish market of the town of Bragança, and pseudocysts were found in the skeletal muscle fiber samples of all (100%) of the specimens, although no inflammatory reaction was observed in any of the cases. The myxospores are quadrate in shape with four polar capsules of equal size, 6.9 ± 0.94 μm long, 8.2 ± 0.39 μm wide, and 5.5 ± 0.60 μm thick. The polar capsules are 1.8 ± 0.26 μm in length and 1.4 ± 0.18 μm in width. The morphological and morphometric parameters, together with the phylogenetic analysis of a partial sequence of the 18S (SSU rDNA) gene, all indicate conclusively that Kudoa yasai n. sp. is a new species, distinct from all other Kudoa species. The study also verified the loss of quality in the meat of the host fish (M. ancylodon) sold in the Bragança market, which reinforces the need for the more systematic control of the quality of the product and the prevention of possible health problems for the consumer.
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- Joyce Cardim
- Postgraduate Programme in Environmental Biology (PPBA), Federal University of Pará (UFPa)/IECOS, Bragança, State of Pará, Brazil.,Carcinology Laboratory, Federal University of Pará (UFPa)/IECOS, Bragança, State of Pará, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Programme in Environmental Biology (PPBA), Federal University of Pará (UFPa)/IECOS, Bragança, State of Pará, Brazil.,Carcinology Laboratory, Federal University of Pará (UFPa)/IECOS, Bragança, State of Pará, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Programme in the Biology of Infectious and Parasitic Agents (BAIP), Federal University of Pará (UFPa), Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Federal Rural University of Amazonia (UFRA), Belém, State of Pará, Brazil
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- Carlos Azevedo Research Laboratory, Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA), Belém, State of Pará, Brazil.
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- Carcinology Laboratory, Federal University of Pará (UFPa)/IECOS, Bragança, State of Pará, Brazil
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Phylogenetic relationships of three Kudoa spp. with morphologically similar myxospores (K. iwatai, K. lutjanus, and K. bora), with the redescription of K. uncinata and K. petala and description of a new species (K. fujitai n. sp.) in fishes in the South China Sea. Parasitol Res 2020; 119:1221-1236. [PMID: 32179988 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-06636-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Members of the myxozoan genus Kudoa (Myxosporea: Multivalvulida: Kudoidae) are characterized as having four or more shell valves in a myxospore, with a corresponding number of polar capsules. Certain Kudoa spp. are critical pathogens in fish, causing postmortem myoliquefaction, unmarketable fish musculature due to unsightly macroscopic cysts, and reduced aquaculture production due to the outbreaks of neurological symptoms or cardiac diseases. Molecular genetic techniques have enabled the differentiation of Kudoa spp. with morphologically similar myxospores. In the present study, we employed integrated taxonomic approaches on five Kudoa spp. forming cysts between the trunk muscle myofibers (K. bora from Osteomugil perusii and K. lutjanus from Acanthopagrus latus), or cysts in the gallbladder wall (K. petala from Sillago sihama), and pseudocysts in the trunk muscle myofibers (K. uncinata from Nuchequula nuchalis and K. fujitai n. sp. from O. perusii). These four host fishes, which originated in the South China Sea, were purchased in the wet markets in Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, China, between August 2016 and April 2018. We have redescribed the four Kudoa spp. (K. bora, K. lutjanus, K. petala, and K. uncinata) on which little data are available after their original descriptions. Particularly, genetic characterization of K. bora and K. lutjanus, which are known to have myxospores morphologically similar to those of K. iwatai, was performed based on the nuclear ribosomal RNA gene and partial mitochondrial DNA genes such as cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and small and large ribosomal genes, demonstrating the validity and independence of these three kudoid species. We also provide description of a new species-K. fujitai n. sp.-in the present study. Application of integrated taxonomic approaches to known species characterized solely based on morphological criteria, as well as unknown species (e.g., K. fujitai n. sp. in the present study), contributes to better understanding of the biodiversity of Kudoa and multivalvulid myxosporeans.
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Velasco M, Sindeaux Neto JL, Videira M, de Cássia Silva do Nascimento L, Gonçalves EC, Matos E. Kudoa amazonica n. sp. (Myxozoa; Multivalvulida), a parasite of the esophageal musculature of the freshwater catfish, Hypophthalmus marginatus (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae), from a river of the Amazon region. Microb Pathog 2019; 130:247-252. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2019.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2018] [Revised: 03/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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New host records of three Kudoa spp. (K. yasunagai, K. thalassomi, and K. igami) with notable variation in the number of shell valves and polar capsules in spores. Parasitol Res 2018; 118:143-157. [DOI: 10.1007/s00436-018-6144-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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