Outbreak of Parasitic Dinoflagellate Piscinoodinium sp. Infection in an Endangered Fish from India: Arulius Barb (Dawkinsia arulius).

ABSTRACT: Freshwater velvet disease is caused by the dinoflagellate parasite, Piscinoodinium sp. This parasite has been reported in tropical and subtropical fishes, and it can cause devastating losses. Moreover, Piscinoodinium sp. is identified as one of the least studied finfish parasites, and the available molecular information about this parasite is meager. Recently, Piscinoodinium sp. was responsible for the 100% cumulative mortality of the captive-bred F1 generation of Arulius barb (Dawkinsia arulius), an endangered freshwater fish native to India. The trophont stages of the parasite were observed in the skin and gills of the affected fish. The total DNA was extracted from the trophonts collected from the affected Arulius barb and the partial nucleotide sequence of t

SUBMITTER: Sudhagar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9695384 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature