Analysis of the Mixozoaries biodiversity (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) parasites of the dominant fish species from Batalha River, middle Tietê River, SP, Brazil through morphological, histological, ultrastructural and molecular characterization

• Grant number: 14/12862-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: April 01, 2015
• End date: September 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Fishery Resources and Fishery Engineering - Inland Water Fishery Resources
• Principal Investigator: Rodney Kozlowiski de Azevedo
• Grantee: Rodney Kozlowiski de Azevedo
• Host Institution: Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação. Universidade do Sagrado Coração (USC). Bauru , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Fábio Porto-Foresti ; Lucas Trevizani Rasmussen ; Reinaldo José da Silva ; Vanessa Doro Abdallah Kozlowiski

Abstract

The State of São Paulo has the Tietê as one of its major rivers, which is an extremely important source of water because of its biodiversity, its use in navigation and primarily as a direct supplier of water for thousands of local residents. Currently, the biodiversity of marine and freshwater ecosystems has been threatened, mainly due to environmental problems resulting from the ecosystems degradation. An example is the Batalha river, which belongs to the Middle Tietê draw and travels about 167 km. It has been suffering from various anthropogenic harassments. Its source is located in Serra da Jacutinga (Agudos-SP), flowing into the Tietê River in the city of Uru. Studies related to parasites and other aquatic organisms pathogens have considerably increased the relevance, especially of those with potential hosts for growing and marketing, due to the significant increase of these activities in Brazil and abroad. Among the agents responsible for diseases in the collected fish species are the myxosporean, which can cause significant economic damage, with high mortality ratios. In this sense, it is necessary to emphasize that fish diseases constitute a factor of harm in fish production, especially in aquaculture. Based on the above, this study aims to evaluate the biodiversity of mixozoaries parasites of fish species which are more frequently collected in the Batalha River, through a morphological, histological, ultrastructural and molecular characterization. This study will be carried out due to the great socio-economic importance of this river to the region and to the diversity of fish, which enables many species to be studied with great possibilities of description of new species of parasites that, in fact, broaden the knowledge of global biodiversity. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

NEGRELLI, D. C.; ABDALLAH, V. D.; AZEVEDO, R. K.. Metazoan parasites of the lambari Astyanax altiparanae collected in the Batalha River, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, v. 78, n. 3, p. 535-539, AUG 2018. (14/12862-0, 12/23655-0)

MIRANDOLA DIAS VIEIRA, DIEGO HENRIQUE; TAGLIAVINI, VINICIUS PANCIERA; ABDALLAH, VANESSA DORO; DE AZEVEDO, RODNEY KOZLOWISKI. Myxobolus imparfinis n. sp (Myxozoa: Myxosporea), a new gill parasite of Imparfinis mirini Haseman (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in Brazil. Systematic Parasitology, v. 95, n. 2-3, p. 309-318, MAR 2018. (14/12862-0, 15/24901-2)

D. C. NEGRELLI; V. D. ABDALLAH; R. K. AZEVEDO. Metazoários parasitos do lambari Astyanax altiparanae coletados no rio Batalha, estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, v. 78, n. 3, p. 535-539, 2017-11-13. (14/12862-0, 12/23655-0)

LUCAS APARECIDO ROSA LEITE; LARISSA SBEGHEN PELEGRINI; RODNEY KOZLOWISKI DE AZEVEDO; VANESSA DORO ABDALLAH. Uma nova espécie de Tereancistrum (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae), parasito de Prochilodus lineatus (Characiformes: Prochilodontidae) do sudeste do Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, v. 29, n. 2, 2020-05-18. (14/12862-0, 12/23655-0)

PELEGRINI, LARISSA SBEGHEN; GIAO, THAYANA; MIRANDOLA DIAS VIEIRA, DIEGO HENRIQUE; MULLER, MARIA ISABEL; DA SILVA, REINALDO JOSE; PEREZ-PONCE DE LEON, GERARDO; DE AZEVEDO, RODNEY KOZLOWISKI; ABDALLAH, VANESSA DORO. Molecular and morphological characterization of the metacercariae of two species of diplostomid trematodes (Platyhelminthes, Digenea) in freshwater fishes of the Batalha River, Brazil. Parasitology Research, v. 118, n. 7, p. 2169-2182, JUL 2019. (14/12862-0, 12/23655-0, 17/16546-3)

LUCAS APARECIDO ROSA LEITE; LARISSA SBEGHEN PELEGRINI; BEATRIZ NARCISO AGOSTINHO; RODNEY KOZLOWISKI DE AZEVEDO; VANESSA DORO ABDALLAH. Biodiversidade dos metazoários parasitos de Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1837) (Characiformes: Prochilodontidae) em ambientes antropizados no rio Batalha, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Biota Neotropica, v. 18, n. 3, 2018-07-16. (12/23655-0, 14/12862-0)

VIEIRA, DIEGO HENRIQUE MIRANDOLA DIAS; RANGEL, LUIS FILIPE; TAGLIAVINI, VINICIUS PANCIERA; ABDALLAH, VANESSA DORO; SANTOS, MARIA JOAO; DE AZEVEDO, RODNEY KOZLOWISKI. Morphological and molecular analysis of Henneguya tietensis n. sp. (Cnidaria: Myxosporea), parasitizing the gill filaments of Prochilodus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1837) from Brazil. Parasitology Research, v. 120, n. 1, p. 27-36, JAN 2021. (14/12862-0, 19/07708-5, 15/24901-2)

VIEIRA, DIEGO HENRIQUE MIRANDOLA DIAS; RANGEL, LUIS FILIPE; TAGLIAVINI, VINICIUS PANCIERA; ABDALLAH, VANESSA DORO; SANTOS, MARIA JOAO; DE AZEVEDO, RODNEY KOZLOWISKI. A new species,Henneguya lacustrisn. sp. (Cnidaria: Myxosporea), infecting the gills ofAstyanax lacustrisfrom Brazil. Parasitology Research, v. 119, n. 12, SEP 2020. (19/07708-5, 14/12862-0, 15/24901-2, 19/19060-0)

MIRANDOLA DIAS VIEIRA, DIEGO HENRIQUE; ALAMA-BERMEJO, GEMA; BARTHOLOMEW, JERRI LEE; ABDALLAH, VANESSA DORO; DE AZEVEDO, RODNEY KOZLOWISKI. Morphological and molecular description of Myxobolus batalhensis n. sp (Myxozoa, Myxosporea), a liver and ovary parasite of Salminus hilarii in Brazil. Parasitology Research, v. 116, n. 12, p. 3303-3313, DEC 2017. (14/12862-0, 15/01361-2, 13/25623-0, 15/24901-2)

MIRANDOLA DIAS VIEIRA, DIEGO HENRIQUE; PELEGRINI, LARISSA SBEGHEN; ABDALLAH, VANESSA DORO; DE AZEVEDO, RODNEY KOZLOWISKI. Supplementary studies on Henneguya guanduensis (Cnidaria: Myxosporea) infecting gills and intestine of Hoplosternum littorale in Brazil: Ultrastructural and molecular data. Parasitology International, v. 70, p. 27-32, JUN 2019. (14/12862-0, 15/24901-2)

PELEGRINI, LARISSA SBEGHEN; MIRANDOLA DIAS VIEIRA, DIEGO HENRIQUE; ROSA LEITE, LUCAS APARECIDO; GIAO, THAYANA; DE AZEVEDO, RODNEY KOZLOWISKI; ABDALLAH, VANESSA DORO. PARASITE DIVERSITY OF Hoplosternum littorale FROM THE TIETE-BATALHA RIVER BASIN, SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL. BOLETIM DO INSTITUTO DE PESCA, v. 47, 2021. (14/12862-0, 12/23655-0)

PELEGRINI, LARISSA S.; LEITE, LUCAS A. R.; GIAO, THAYANA; BUENO, REGIANE M. R.; SERRANO, THAISSA D.; DA SILVA, REINALDO J.; DA AZEVEDO, RODNEY K.; ABDALLAH, VANESSA D.. Diversity, similarity, and host-parasite relationships in parasitic infracommunities of Hypostomus spp. from the Tiete-Batalha river basin, southeastern Brazil. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, JAN 2021. (12/23655-0, 14/12862-0)

ROGÉRIO TUBINO VIANNA; LARISSA SBEGHEN PELEGRINI; DIEGO HENRIQUE MIRANDOLA DIAS VIEIRA; RODNEY KOZLOWISKI DE AZEVEDO; VANESSA DORO ABDALLAH. Uma nova espécie de Phanerothecium (Monogenea, Oogyrodactylidae), de Hypostomus regani (Loricariidae) do sudeste do Brasil. Biota Neotropica, v. 22, n. 3, 2022-08-01. (12/23655-0, 14/12862-0)

. Metazoan parasites of the lambari Astyanax altiparanae collected in the Batalha River, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, n. ahead, p. -, 2017. (12/23655-0, 14/12862-0)

PELEGRINI, LARISSA S.; LEITE, LUCAS A. R.; GIAO, THAYANA; BUENO, REGIANE M. R.; SERRANO, THAISSA D.; DA SILVA, REINALDO J.; DA AZEVEDO, RODNEY K.; ABDALLAH, VANESSA D.. Diversity, similarity, and host-parasite relationships in parasitic infracommunities of Hypostomus spp. from the Tiete-Batalha river basin, southeastern Brazil. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, v. 57, n. 3, p. 13-pg., 2021-01-23. (12/23655-0, 14/12862-0)

MIRANDOLA DIAS VIEIRA, DIEGO HENRIQUE; TAGLIAVINI, VINICIUS PANCIERA; ABDALLAH, VANESSA DORO; DE AZEVEDO, RODNEY KOZLOWISKI. Myxobolus imparfinis n. sp (Myxozoa: Myxosporea), a new gill parasite of Imparfinis mirini Haseman (Siluriformes: Heptapteridae) in Brazil. Systematic Parasitology, v. 95, n. 2-3, p. 10-pg., 2018-03-01. (15/24901-2, 14/12862-0)

NEGRELLI, D. C.; ABDALLAH, V. D.; AZEVEDO, R. K.. Metazoan parasites of the lambari Astyanax altiparanae collected in the Batalha River, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, v. 78, n. 3, p. 5-pg., 2018-08-01. (14/12862-0, 12/23655-0)

ROSA LEITE, LUCAS APARECIDO; PELEGRINI, LARISSA SBEGHEN; DE AZEVEDO, RODNEY KOZLOWISKI; ABDALLAH, VANESSA DORO. A new species of Tereancistrum (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae), parasite of Prochilodus lineatus (Characiformes: Prochilodontidae) from southeast Brazil. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PARASITOLOGIA VETERINARIA, v. 29, n. 2, p. 6-pg., 2020-01-01. (14/12862-0, 12/23655-0)