A new isolate of Nosema fumiferanae (Microsporidia: Nosematidae) from the date moth Apomyelois (Ectomyelois) ceratoniae, Zeller, 1839 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).

ABSTRACT: In this study, a microsporidian pathogen of the date moth (Apomyelois (Ectomyelois) ceratoniae, Zeller, 1839) also known as the carob moth, is described based on light microscopy, ultrastructural characteristics and comparative molecular analysis. The pathogen infects the gut and hemolymph of A. ceratoniae. All development stages are in direct contact with the host cell cytoplasm. Fresh spores with nuclei arranged in a diplokaryon are oval and measured 3.29 ± 0.23 μm (4.18-3.03 μm, n = 200) in length and 1.91 ± 0.23 μm (2.98-1.66 μm, n = 200) in width. Spores stained with Giemsa's stain measured 3.11 ± 0.31 μm (3.72-2.41 μm, n = 150) in length and 1.76 ± 0.23 μm (2.16-1.25 μm, n = 150) in width. Spores have an isofilar polar filament with 10-12 coils. An 1110 bp long alignment of the curre

SUBMITTER: Tosun O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10317729 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature