A Microsporidian Infection in Phoronids (Phylum Phoronida): Microsporidium phoronidi n. sp. from a Phoronis embryolabi. (14th December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Temereva, Elena N.; Sokolova, Yuliya Y.
• Is Part Of: Journal of eukaryotic microbiology. Volume 65:Number 3(2018)
• Page Start: 427
• Page End: 431
• Publication Date: 2017-12-14
• Subjects: Lophophorata -- microsporidia -- syncytia -- ultrastructure; Protista -- Periodicals; Eukaryotic cells -- Periodicals; Microbiology -- Periodicals; 579.05
• DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12490
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1066-5234

Abstract

Abstract: Microsporidia‐like spores (2.0–3.0 × 1.3–1.5 μm) were discovered upon examination of histological sections taken from Phoronis embryolabi Temereva, Chichvarkhin 2017 found inhabiting burrows of shrimps Nihonotrypeae japonica (Decapoda, Callianassidae) from the Sea of Japan, Russia. Ultrastructural examination of spores revealed one nucleus and a uniform polar filament of 7–11 coils. Representatives of the phylum Phoronida have never been recorded as hosts of microsporidia. Parasites developed in vasoperitoneal tissue and caused formation of multinucleate syncytia. Basing on unique host and fine morphology, we assign the novel finding to Microsporidium phoronidi n. sp. and place provisionally in the collective genus Microsporidium .