The First Record of, Kudoa megacapsula (Myxozoa: Multivalvulida) from Farmed Yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata Originating from Wild Seedlings in South Korea

Accession number;07A0049619
Title;The First Record of, Kudoa megacapsula (Myxozoa: Multivalvulida) from Farmed Yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata Originating from Wild Seedlings in South Korea
Author; YOKOYAMA HIROSHI (Univ. Tokyo, Tokyo, Jpn) YANAGIDA TETSUYA (Univ. Tokyo, Tokyo, Jpn) TAKEMARU IWAO (Kagoshima Prefectural Fisheries Promotion Div., Kagoshima, Jpn)
Journal Title;Fish Pathology
Journal Code:G0015B
ISSN:0388-788X
VOL.41;NO.4;PAGE.159-163(2006)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.10, TBL.1, REF.14
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;English
Abstract;Kudoa megacapsula was found in the somatic muscle of yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata, which were raised from wild seedlings (juveniles) imported from South Korea. Numerous parasitic foci, 2-3 mm in size, were recognized as filamentous 'black cysts' in the skeletal muscle, while no muscle liquefaction was observed. The spores (34.6 * 28.9 .MU.m in mean size) were cruciform to stellate and had four distinct winglike projections, in which one extremely large and three small polar capsules were present. These morphological characteristics and small subunit ribosomal DNA sequences of the myxozoan were consistent with those of K. megacapsula, which was originally described from red barracuda Sphyraena pinguis caught off the coast of China. Histopathological observation revealed that plasmodia developed intracellularly within the myofibrils, followed by encapsulation by host's fibroblast layers, resulting in granulomatous inflammation. (author abst.)
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