Hematodinium sp. and its bacteria-like endosymbiont in European brown shrimp (Crangon crangon).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parasitic dinoflagellates of the genus Hematodinium are significant pathogens affecting the global decapod crustacean fishery. Despite this, considerable knowledge gaps exist regarding the life history of the pathogen in vivo, and the role of free living life stages in transmission to naïve hosts.

Results

In this study, we describe a novel disease in European brown shrimp (Crangon crangon) caused by infection with a parasitic dinoflagellate of the genus Hematodinium. This is the second example host within the Infraorder Caridea (shrimp) and significantly, the first description within the superfamily Crangonoidea. Based upon analysis of the rRNA gene (SSU) and spacers (ITS1), the parasite in C. crangon is the same as that previously described infecting Nephrops nor

SUBMITTER: Stentiford GD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3487949 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature