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Bonamia Parasites: a Rapidly Changing Perspective on a Genus of Important Mollusc Pathogens The following supplement accompanies the article Bonamia parasites: a rapidly changing perspective on a genus of important mollusc pathogens Marc Y. Engelsma1,*, Sarah C. Culloty2, Sharon A. Lynch2, Isabelle Arzul3, Ryan B. Carnegie4 1Central Veterinary Institute of Wageningen UR (CVI), PO Box 65, 8200 AB, Lelystad, The Netherlands 2Aquaculture & Fisheries Development Centre, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland 3Ifremer, Laboratory of Genetics and Pathology, Av de Mus de Loup-17390, La Tremblade, France 3Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), College of William & Mary, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062, USA *Corresponding author: [email protected] Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 110: 5–23 (2014) Supplement. Additional data Phylogenetic methods used to generate Fig. 3 Parsimony bootstrap analysis was used to illustrate the relationships among 39 GenBank-deposited small subunit ribosomal DNA (SSU rDNA) sequences from haplosporidian parasites characterized to date. These are presented in Fig. 3 in the main manuscript. The sequences were aligned using Clustal W in MacVector 12.5.1, and parsimony bootstrap analysis was then performed in PAUP v.4.0b10 (Swofford 2002) with characters weighted equally, gaps treated as missing data, and sequences obtained from parasites of Haliotis iris and Pandalus platyceros comprising an outgroup. Starting trees were obtained by stepwise addition, with the addition sequence simple and 1 tree held during each step, followed by branch swapping by tree-bisection-reconnection. Table S1. Geographical distribution of Bonamia species based on published literature and disease reports of the OIE World Animal Health Information Database (supplementary information related to Fig. 5 in the main text). For Europe, the nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) is used, where Macro-area is NUTS1, Region is NUTS2 and Province is NUTS3 EUROPE Species Host Country Macro-area Region Province Point locations Key references Bonamia Ostrea France Ouest Bretagne Ille-et Bay of Cancale; Rance Pichot et al. (1980), Tigé et al. (1984) ostreae edulis Vilaine Côtes- Bay St Brieuc; Binic; Bay Pichot et al. (1980), Balouet et al. (1983), d'Armor Paimpol Tigé et al. (1984) Finistère Bay Morlaix; Carantec; Comps et al. (1980), Pichot et al. (1980), Aber-Benoit; Elorn River; Balouet et al. (1983), Tigé et al. (1984), Landevennec; Roscanvel; Pascual et al. (1991) Ile-Tudy; River Penzé; Emb. Aulne Morbihan River d'Etel; Bay of Tigé et al. (1984), Pascual et al. (1991) Quiberon-Le Pô; River Crach; River St Philibert; River d'Auray; Golfe du Morhiban Pays de la Vendée Bourgneuf Bay Naciri-Graven et al. (1999) Loire Sud-Ouest Aquitaine Gironde Bay of Arcachon Pichot et al. (1980), Pascual et al. (1991), Robert et al. (1991) Spain Noroeste Galicia Pontevedra Ría de Arousa; Ría de Polanco et al. (1984), Figueras (1991), Vigo, Domayo; Montes et al. (1992, 1996), Montes & Cambados; Grove; Noaia; Lama (1992), Lama & Montes (1993), Aldan; Islas Cies; Cáceres-Martínez et al. (1995), Carnegie et al. (2000), Abollo et al. (2008) A Coruña Ortigueira; Sada; Polanco et al. (1984), Montes et al. (1992, Camariñas; Freixo; Noya; 1996), Montes & Lama (1992) Anllóns Lugo Ribadeo; San Ciprán; Polanco et al. (1984), Montes & Lama Vivero (1992), Montes et al. (1996) Species Host Country Macro-area Region Province Point locations Key references Italy Southern Apulia Foggia Manfredonia Gulf Narcisi et al. (2010) Italy Netherla West- Zeeland Oosterschelde; Lake Van Banning (1982, 1985, 1987, 1991) nds Nederland Grevelingen Belgium Vlaams Prov. West- Arr. Ostende WAHID-Interface (2008a) Gewest Vlaanderen Ostende Republic Southern South-West Cork Harbour McArdle et al. (1991, Rogan et al. (1991), of and Eastern Carnegie et al. (2000) Ireland Border, West Clew Bay; Galway Bay; McArdle et al. (1991), Beare et al. (1998), Midland Blacksod Bay; Achill Culloty & Mulcahy (2007) and Sound Western Border Lough Swilly; Lough WAHID-Interface (2006a), Culloty & Foyle Mulcahy (2007) United East of Essex Essex Mersea; Walton-on-the- Bucke et al. (1984), Hudson & Hill (1991), Kingdom England County Naze; Walton Howard (1997) Council Backwaters; River Colne; River Blackwater; River Crouch/Roach; mid- Essex Creeks; North Essex; South Essex South East Surrey, East West Chichester Harbour Howard (1997) (England) and West Sussex Sussex Hampshire Hampshire Langstone Harbour; Hudson & Hill (1991), Howard (1997) and Isle of County Upper Beaulieu; Middle Wight Council Beaulieu; Lower Beaulieu; Emsworth Species Host Country Macro-area Region Province Point locations Key references Isle of River Medina Howard (1997) Wight Kent Kent North Kent (Whitstable WAHID-Interface (2008b) County area) Council South West Cornwall Cornwall Fal estuary; Helford Bucke et al. (1984), Bucke & Hepper (England) and Isles of estuary; Calamansack (1987), Hudson & Hill (1991), Howard Scilly Bight (1997) Dorset and Bourne- Poole Harbour Hudson & Hill (1991), Howard (1997) Somerset mouth and Poole Devon Plymouth Plymouth Harbour; River Howard (1997) Lynher Wales West Wales South West River Cleddau WAHID-Interface (2006c) and The Wales Valleys Scotland Highlands Lochaber Loch Sunart WAHID-Interface (2006b) and Islands Western Eilean Siar West Loch Tarbert WAHID-Interface (2007b) Isles Norway Norge Agder og Aust-Agder Langestrand WAHID-Interface (2009) Rogaland Ostrea France Ouest Bretagne Finistère Penzé River Pascual et al. (1991) puelchana Morbihan Bay of Quiberon; St Pascual et al. (1991) Philibert River Sud-Ouest Aquitaine Gironde Bay of Arcachon Pascual et al. (1991) Ostrea France Bassin Basse- Manche Linverville (Ouest Bougrier et al. (1986) angasi Parisien Normandie Cotentin) Ouest Bretagne Morbihan St-Guillaume (Rivière Bougrier et al. (1986) d'Etel); Les Presses (Rivière de Crach) Species Host Country Macro-area Region Province Point locations Key references Ostrea France Ouest Bretagne Morbihan Crach; Auray Grizel et al. (1983) chilensis Finistère Ile Tudy Grizel et al. (1983) United South West Cornwall Cornwall River Helford, Bucke & Hepper (1987) Kingdom (England) and Isles of Calamansack Bight Scilly Bonamia Ostrea Spain Noroeste Galicia Pontevedra Ría de Arousa, Cambados WAHID-Interface (2007a), Abollo et al. exitiosa edulis (2008) Este Catalonia Tarragona Alfacs Bay Carrasco et al. (2012) Italy Nordest Veneto Venezia Venezia Mestre WAHID-Interface (2010) Rovigo Rosolina WAHID-Interface (2010) Sud Apulia Foggia Manfredonia gulf Narcisi et al. (2010) United South West Cornwall Cornwall River Fal, Turnaware Bar WAHID-Interface (2011) Kingdom (England) and Isles of Scilly Bonamia Crassostrea France Ouest Poitou- Charente- Marennes Oleron basin Cochennec et al. (1998) sp. ariakensis Charentes Maritime AFRICA Species Host Country Macro-area Region Province Point locations Key references Bonamia Ostrea Morocco Laayoune Akhfennir Khnifiss lagoon OIE World Animal Health Information ostreae edulis province rural district Database (2005) Bonamia Ostrea Tunisia Nabeul Southwest of Hammamet Hill et al. (2010) sp. stentina NORTH AMERICA Species Host Country Macro-area Region Province Point locations Key references Bonamia Ostrea USA Maine Damaris- Little point; Mears Cove; Friedman & Perkins (1994), Zabaleta & ostreae edulis cotta River Lowes Cove; Witch Barber (1996), Carnegie et al. (2000, area Island, Johns Bay; Gun 2003), Carnegie & Barber (2001) Point Creek Washington Puget South Puget Sound; Elston et al. (1986) State Sound North Puget Sound; Mud Bay California Tomales Bay Friedman et al. (1989), Friedman & Perkins (1994) Santa Barbara Channel Friedman et al. (1989), Friedman & Perkins (1994) Canada British South Malaspina Inlet Marty et al. (2006) Columbia British Columbia Bonamia Crassostrea USA Massachu- Chatham, Stage Harbor WAHID-Interface (2013) exitiosa virginica setts Bonamia Crassostrea USA North Bogue Hope Pole Creek; Core Burreson et al. (2004, Bishop et al. (2006), sp. ariakensis Carolina Sound and Creek Carnegie et al. (2008) Masonboro Sound Oregon Inlet, Hatteras Bishop et al. (2006), Carnegie et al. (2008) Inlet, Beaufort Inlet, Chadwick Bay, Oak Island; Newport River Maryland Chesapeake Potomac River, Piney Schott et al. (2008) Bay Point Virginia Chesapeake Gloucester Pt. Schott et al. (2008) Bay Species Host Country Macro-area Region Province Point locations Key references Florida Indian Fort Pierce Dungan et al. (2012), Hill et al. (2014, this River DAO Special) Lagoon Ostrea California Elkhorn Slough Hill et al. (2014) lurida Ostrea USA North Bogue Beaufort Inlet; Morehead Bishop et al. (2006), Carnegie et al. (2006), stentina Carolina Sound and City; Wilmington Hill et al. (2014) Masonboro Sound Bonamia Ostrea USA North Bogue Morehead City; Carnegie et al. (2006) perspora stentina Carolina Sound and Wilmington Masonboro Sound SOUTH AMERICA Species Host Country Macro-area Region Province Point locations Key references Bonamia Ostrea Argentina North Rio Negro San Matías Gulf, San Kroeck & Montes (2005), Kroeck et al. sp. puelchana Patagonia Province Antonio Bay (2008) Ostrea San Antonio Bay Hill et al. (2014) stentina Ostrea Chile Chiloe Quempillén River; Campalans et al. (2000) chilensis Island Hueihue Bay NEW ZEALAND / AUSTRALIA / OCEANIA Species Host Country Macro-area Region Province Point locations Key references Bonamia Ostrea New Foveaux Strait Dinamani et al. (1987), Hine (1991, 2002), exitiosa chilensis Zealand Hine et al. (2001), Cranfield et al.
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