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Morphological, histological, and molecular description of Myxobolus ompok n. sp. (Myxosporea: Myxobolidae), a kidney myxozoan from Pabdah catfish Ompok pabda (Hamilton, 1822) (Siluriformes: Siluridae) in India

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In a parasitological survey of freshwater fishes near Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, myxozoan infections in Pabdah catfish Ompok pabda Ham. (Siluriformes: Siluridae) were found. Round plasmodia and scattered spores of Myxobolus ompok n. sp. were found in the kidney of the host. Plasmodia measuring 150–200 μm were located in the renal interstitium. Spores of Myxobolus ompok n. sp. were elongated pyriform, 13.6–14.4 (14.8 ± 0.42) μm long, 5.6–6.4 (6.5 ± 0.33) μm wide, and 5.2–6.4 (5.9 ± 0.43) μm thick with two equal polar capsules measuring 8.0–8.5 (8.2 ± 0.2) μm in length and 1.5–2.4 (1.8 ± 0.33) in width having six filamental turns. Both the morphology and DNA analysis of the 18S rRNA gene revealed that Myxobolus ompok n. sp. is distinct from previously described species of Myxobolus and shares no significant similarity with any other Myxobolus deposited in the GenBank database. Phylogenetic analysis inferred that this species showed the closest similarity to Myxobolus miyarii (KT001495). This is the first record of any Myxobolus sp. from O. pabda in India.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the Head of the Department of Zoology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, for providing laboratory facilities. AG thanks the Head, Department of Zoology, D.N.P.G. College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. We are grateful to Ms. Györgyi Ostoros for the histological work and the drawings.

Funding

The work was supported by the grant from UGC (University Grants Commission) India, under the Post-Doctoral Fellowship [F.15-191/2012 (SA-II)] to AC and was also supported by the European Regional and Development Fund and the Government of Hungary within the project GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00025.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Anshu Chaudhary, Urvashi Goswami & Hridaya S. Singh

  2. Department of Zoology, D.N.P.G. College, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Abhishek Gupta & Bindu Sharma

  3. Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, PO Box 18, Budapest, 1581, Hungary

    Urvashi Goswami, Gábor Cech, Kálmán Molnár & Csaba Székely

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Chaudhary, A., Goswami, U., Gupta, A. et al. Morphological, histological, and molecular description of Myxobolus ompok n. sp. (Myxosporea: Myxobolidae), a kidney myxozoan from Pabdah catfish Ompok pabda (Hamilton, 1822) (Siluriformes: Siluridae) in India. Parasitol Res 117, 1899–1905 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-018-5882-y

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