TY - JOUR
TI - Molecular Characterization of Two Myxosporean Species, Henneguya namae Haldar et al. 1983 and Myxobolus sophorae Jayasri, 1982 (Myxosporea: Myxobolidae)
AU - Garg, Anupma
AU - Chaudhary, Anshu
AU - Gupta, Abhishek
AU - Kumar, Abhinav
AU - Sharma, Bindu
AU - Singh, Hridaya Shanker
TI - Molecular Characterization of Two Myxosporean Species, Henneguya namae Haldar et al. 1983 and Myxobolus sophorae Jayasri, 1982 (Myxosporea: Myxobolidae)
AB - In Indian freshwater fish myxosporean infections are among the most cosmopolitan parasites, they are relatively well studied morphologically but their phylogenetic relationships were unclear and the genetic data is limited only to a few species. The study aims to present molecular data for two myxosporean species, Henneguya namae Haldar et al. 1983 and Myxobolus sophorae Jayasri, 1982 collected from Indian freshwater fish, the elongate glass-perchlet Chanda nama (=Ambassis nama) and pool barb Puntius sophore, respectively. In the present study molecular data are provided for H. namae and M. sophorae using nested PCR. The obtained partial 18S rDNA gene sequences were analyzed using maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) methods. The 18S rDNA gene sequences of H. namae showed similarity with the sequences of H. chaudhuryi, Henneguya sp. RA-2015, H. voronini and H. setiuensis about 72.1 to 78% and M. sophorae with Myxobolus ticto was about 90% respectively. The aim of this paper was to identify H. namae and M. sophorae morphologically and using molecular methods.
VL - 2020
IS - Volume 59, Issue 1
PY - 2020
SN - 0065-1583
C1 - 1689-0027
SP - 39
EP - 53
DO - 10.4467/16890027AP.20.003.12159
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/acta-protozoologica/article/molecular-characterization-of-two-myxosporean-species-henneguya-namae-haldar-et-al-1983-and-myxobolus-sophorae-jayasri-1982-myxosporea-myxobolidae
KW - fish
KW - Henneguya
KW - India
KW - Myxobolus
KW - phylogeny
KW - 18S rDNA