Journal of Fish Diseases
Endolimax piscium sp. nov. (Amoebozoa), causative agent of systemic granulomatous disease of cultured sole (Solea senegalensis)
Journal: Journal of Fish Diseases Manuscript ID:Review JFD-2012-265.R1 Copy Manuscript Type: Original Manuscript
Date Submitted by the Author: n/a
Complete List of Authors: Constenla, María; Autonomous University of Barcelona, Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d’Ecologia Padrós, F; Autonomous University of Barcelona, Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d’Ecologia Palenzuela, Oswaldo; IATS - CSIC, Fish Pathology
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1 Endolimax piscium sp. nov. (Amoebozoa), causative agent of systemic granulomatous
2 disease of cultured sole ( Solea senegalensis)
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4 María Constenla( a), Francesc Padrós( a) and Oswaldo Palenzuela( b)
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6 (a) XRAq (Generalitat de Catalunya), Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i
7 d’Ecologia, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola
8 del Vallès), Barcelona 08193, Spain. E mails: M. Constenla: maria.constenla@uab. escat ; F. 9 Padrós: [email protected] cat Copy 10 (b) Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (IATC CSIC). 12595 Ribera de Cabanes,
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15 Corresponding author: O Palenzuela, IATS (CSIC). 12595 Ribera de Cabanes, Castellón,
16 SPAIN. Email: [email protected]; Phone: +34 964319500; Fax: +34 964319509
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26 RUNNING TITLE: Systemic granulomatous infectionNew species of sole by Endolimax
27 piscium n. sp .
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29 KEYWORDS: Keywords: Archamoeba, Parasites,from Solea senegalensis , Endolimax,
30 Iodamoeba, Granulomatous disease.
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33 34 A new amoeba species, pathogenicReview for Senegalese Copy sole is described based on ultrastructural 35 analysis and SSU rDNA phylogenetic inference. The parasite presents round to ovoid
36 trophozoites (<5 µm) with a high degree of intracellular simplification. No mitochondria were
37 observed but mitosome