Genetic characterization of myxosporean populations parasites in Piaractus brachypomus from the Amazon Basin

• Grant number: 16/19149-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2016
• End date: November 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Antonio Augusto Mendes Maia
• Grantee: Caroline Munhoz Meira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Zootecnia e Engenharia de Alimentos (FZEA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Pirassununga , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Myxosporean are multicellular parasites that infect birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish and invertebrates. To date approximately 2,400 species have been described worldwide. In Brazil, due to the great diversity of fish species, the study of these parasites is increasingly being more prominence, with focus on diversity, biology and host-parasite interaction. The Amazon basin has an extraordinary fish fauna, with species which highlight the economic importance and potential for cultivation and also for ecotourism. Among the species of economic importance in the extractive fishing and potential for cultivation, there is the Piaractus brachypomus species, popularly known as pirapitinga. In this proposal, we aim the taxonomic study of parasites of myxosporea class (myxosporean) found infecting P. brachypomus come from the natural environment of the Amazon Basin region of Santarém, PA. For taxonomic analysis, the proposal is to use traditional tools of morphological analysis using light microscopy and molecular analysis using the sequencing of the 18S gene. (AU)

Scientific publications

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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)