Systematic and genetic characterization of myxosporean populations parasites in Colossoma macropomum and Piaractus brachypomus in the Amazon Basin

• Grant number: 15/07713-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: July 01, 2015
• End date: April 30, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Augusto Mendes Maia
• Grantee: Kassia Roberta Hygino Capodifoglio
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos (FZEA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Pirassununga , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The phylum Myxozoa is composed by the parasites that cause diseases in fish of natural environment and farming systems in various parts of the world, which may be responsible for high mortality rates. The myxosporeans present a great diversity of species with some of these highly pathogenic and so have received attention from researchers, as well as fish producers. In Brazil, due to the great diversity of fish species, the study of these parasites is increasingly gaining prominence, with a focus on diversity, biology and host-parasite interaction. In this context, this project aims to survey the diversity of parasites of the phylum Myxozoa, as well as performing genetic analysis of population myxosporean parasites in Amazonian fish, important to the food market as Colossoma macropomum (tambaqui) and Piaractus brachypomus (pirapitinga). For the taxonomic study morphological analysis using light microscopy and molecular analysis using sequences of 18S rDNA and COI genes will be performed. In addition, sequencing of ITS-1 gene in each sample will be performed to evaluate the existence of intraspecific genetic variation among populations of the species found infecting the fish involved in this study. The fish will be captured in the Amazon Basin, regions of Santarém, PA and Manaus, AM. (AU)

Scientific publications

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CAPODIFOGLIO, KASSIA R. H.; ADRIANO, EDSON A.; NALDONI, JULIANA; MEIRA, CAROLINE M.; DA SILVA, MARCIA R. M.; MAIA, ANTONIO A. M.. Novel myxosporean species parasitizing an economically important fish from the Amazon basin. Parasitology Research, v. 119, n. 4, MAR 2020. (16/22047-7, 14/22700-7, 13/21374-6, 15/07713-8)

CAPODIFOGLIO, KASSIA R. H.; ADRIANO, EDSON A.; SILVA, MARCIA R. M.; MAIA, ANTONIO A. M.. The resolution of the taxonomic dilemma of Myxobolus colossomatis and description of two novel myxosporeans species of Colossoma macropomum from Amazon basin. Acta Tropica, v. 191, p. 17-23, MAR 2019. (15/07713-8, 13/21374-6, 16/22047-7)

CAPODIFOGLIO, KASSIA R. H.; MEIRA, CAROLINE M.; DA SILVA, MARCIA R. M.; CORREA, LINCOLN L.; ADRIANO, EDSON A.; MAIA, ANTONIO A. M.. Morphology and molecular data of two novel cnidarian myxosporean (Myxobolidae) infecting Piaractus brachypomus from the Amazon basin. Acta Tropica, v. 209, SEP 2020. (16/19149-2, 15/07713-8, 13/21374-6, 16/22047-7)

Academic Publications

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CAPODIFOGLIO, Kassia Roberta Hygino. Systematics and molecular characterization of new myxosporean species parasites of Colossoma macropomum and Piaractus brachypomus from the Amazon basin and remarks on mitochondrial behavior in myxosporeans. 2019. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Zootecnica e Engenharia de Alimentos (FZE/BT) Pirassununga.