Sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region reveals a novel clade of Ichthyophonus sp. from rainbow trout
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
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Abstract
The mesomycetozoean parasite Ichthyophonus hoferi is most commonly associated with marine fish hosts but also occurs in some components of the freshwater rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss aquaculture industry in Idaho, USA. It is not certain how the parasite was introduced into rainbow trout culture, but it might have been associated with the historical practice of feeding raw, ground common carp Cyprinus carpio that were caught by commercial fisherman. Here, we report a major genetic division between west coast freshwater and marine isolates of Ichthyophonus hoferi. Sequence differences were not detected in 2 regions of the highly conserved small subunit (18S) rDNA gene; however, nucleotide variation was seen in internal transcribed spacer loci (ITS1 and ITS2), both within and among the isolates. Intra-isolate variation ranged from 2.4 to 7.6 nucleotides over a region consisting of ~740 bp. Majority consensus sequences from marine/anadromous hosts differed in only 0 to 3 nucleotides (99.6 to 100% nucleotide identity), while those derived from freshwater rainbow trout had no nucleotide substitutions relative to each other. However, the consensus sequences between isolates from freshwater rainbow trout and those from marine/anadromous hosts differed in 13 to 16 nucleotides (97.8 to 98.2% nucleotide identity).
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Rasmussen, C., Purcell, M.K., Gregg, J., LaPatra, S., Winton, J., and Hershberger, P., 2010, Sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region reveals a novel clade of Ichthyophonus sp. from rainbow trout: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, v. 89, no. 2, p. 179-183, https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02184.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region reveals a novel clade of Ichthyophonus sp. from rainbow trout |
| Series title | Diseases of Aquatic Organisms |
| DOI | 10.3354/dao02184 |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Inter-Research Science Center |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Fisheries Research Center |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 179 |
| Last page | 183 |