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New data on flatfish scuticociliatosis reveal that Miamiensis avidus and Philasterides dicentrarchi are different species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2017

ANA-PAULA DE FELIPE ,
JESÚS LAMAS ,
ROSA-ANA SUEIRO ,
IRIA FOLGUEIRA  and
JOSÉ-MANUEL LEIRO
ANA-PAULA DE FELIPE
Affiliation:
Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Instituto de Investigación y Análisis Alimentarios, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
JESÚS LAMAS
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Instituto de Acuicultura, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
ROSA-ANA SUEIRO
Affiliation:
Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Instituto de Investigación y Análisis Alimentarios, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain Departamento de Biología Celular y Ecología, Instituto de Acuicultura, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
IRIA FOLGUEIRA
Affiliation:
Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Instituto de Investigación y Análisis Alimentarios, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
JOSÉ-MANUEL LEIRO*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Instituto de Investigación y Análisis Alimentarios, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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*Corresponding author: Laboratorio de Parasitología, Instituto de Investigación y Análisis Alimentarios, c/ Constantino Candeira s/n, 15782, Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña), Spain. E-mail: [email protected]
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Summary

Scuticociliatosis is a severe disease in farmed flatfish. However, the causative agent is not always accurately identified. In this study, we identified two isolates of scuticociliates from an outbreak in cultured fine flounder Paralichthys adspersus. Scuticociliate identification was based on morphological data, examination of life stages and the use of molecular approaches. The isolates were compared with a strain of Philasterides dicentrachi from turbot Scophthalmus maximus and with a strain deposited in the American Type Culture Collection as Miamiensis avidus ATCC® 50180™. The use of morphological, biological and molecular methods enabled us to identify the isolates from the fine flouder as P. dicentrarchi. Comparison of P. dicentrachi isolates and M. avidus revealed some differences in the buccal apparatus. Unlike P. dicentrarchi, M. avidus has a life cycle with three forms: macrostomes (capable of feeding on P. dicentrarchi), microstomes and tomites. Additionally, we found differences in the 18S rRNA and α- and β-tubulin gene sequences, indicating that P. dicentrarchi and M. avidus are different species. We therefore reject the synonymy/conspecificity of the two taxa previously suggested. Finally, we suggest that a combination of morphological, biological, molecular (by multigene analysis) and serological techniques could improve the identification of scuticociliates parasites in fish.

Keywords

Paralichthys adspersusScophthalmus maximusscuticociliatesSSUrRNA geneα-β-tubulin gene
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Parasitology , Volume 144 , Issue 10 , September 2017 , pp. 1394 - 1411
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