Microsporidia and invertebrate hosts: genome-informed taxonomy surrounding a new lineage of crayfish-infecting Nosema spp. (Nosematida).

ABSTRACT: The Microsporidia, an often overlooked fungal lineage, exhibit increasing diversity and taxonomic understanding with the use of genomic techniques. They are obligate parasites infecting a diversity of hosts, including crustaceans. Crustacea are, in essence, ancient insects and their relationship with the Microsporidia is both diverse and convoluted. Relationships between crayfish and their microsporidian parasites display geospatial and taxonomic diversity. Through classical (histological, ultrastructural, developmental) and genomic (phylogenetic, phylogenomic) approaches, we expand the known diversity of crayfish-infecting microsporidia into the genus Nosema by describing three novel species from North America: Nosema astafloridana n. sp. infecting Procambarus pictus

SUBMITTER: Stratton CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7616845 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature