Morphological and molecular characterization of

Aditya GUPTA; Harpreet KAUR

Article Details

Morphological and molecular characterization of

Authors:

Aditya GUPTA | Harpreet KAUR

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Zoology 2017 Vol.41 Issue 5, pp.791-799

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2017

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000773880

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6114

pISSN:

1300-0179

Abstract:

 

The pool barb, Puntius sophore Hamilton, 1822, is a tropical freshwater cyprinid fish native to inland waters in Asia. Herein, a novel myxozoan from plasmodia on the caudal fin of P. sophore from Ranjit Sagar Wetland in Punjab, India is described. Myxospores were consistent with the genus Myxobolus, ellipsoidal in frontal view, lemon-shaped in lateral view; length 7.76 ± 0.28 µm, width 5.36 ± 0.15 µm. There were two polar capsules of unequal size: a larger polar capsule, length 3.01 ± 0.08 µm, width 1.83 ± 0.11 µm, with 6-7 turns of the polar filament, and a smaller polar capsule, length 1.71 ± 0.15 µm, width 0.94 ± 0.07 µm, with 3-4 turns of the polar filament. The 1183 bp 18S rDNA sequence was up to 95% similar to Myxobolus spp. from other cyprinid fishes in India. Given the novel host, unique myxospore morphology, and 18S rDNA sequence, we propose Myxobolus puntiusii n. sp.

Article Details

Morphological and molecular characterization of

Authors: Aditya GUPTA | Harpreet KAUR

Publisher: TUBITAK

Journal: Turkish Journal of Zoology 2017 Vol.41 Issue 5, pp.791-799

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 9/2017

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000773880

Frequency: Bimonthly

eISSN: 1303-6114

pISSN: 1300-0179

Issues

Authors:

Aditya GUPTA | Harpreet KAUR

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Zoology 2017 Vol.41 Issue 5, pp.791-799

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2017

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000773880

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6114

pISSN:

1300-0179