First molecular identification of Myxobolus spinacurvatura from Mugil cephalus off the Turkish coast of Black Sea

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Banu Yardimci, Gokmen Zafer Pekmezci, Cenk Soner Bolukbas, Melek Ozpicak, Savas Yilmaz and Nazmi Polat

Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey

: J Mar Biol Oceanogr

Abstract

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Myxosporea is a diverse and widely distributed group of spore-forming microscopic parasites in wild and cultured fish. There are little reports of Myxobolus species in marine fish in Turkish coast (Umur et al. 2010; Ozak et al. 2012; Ozer et al. 2015; 2016). The present study is part of an ongoing investigation into the characteristics of myxosporean parasites of marine fish off the Turkish coast of Black Sea. A total of 30 Mugil cephalus was obtained from commercial fisherman in Samsun coasts located by the Black Sea in the period between October 2017 and December 2017. All organs were also examined for plasmodia of myxosporean parasites under a stereo microscope. Plasmodia based on SSU rRNA gene was amplified and sequenced at Macrogen. The obtained sequence was compared with previously published data for identification by using BLAST via Genbank. Myxobolus infection was found in 5(16.6%) of 30 M. cephalus. Cystlike plasmodia were found in the liver and intestine wall. Molecular analysis of the SSU rRNA gene confirmed the myxosporean species as a Myxobolus spinacurvatura. This is first molecular data on Myxobolus spinacurvatura in Mugil cephalus off the Turkish coast of Black Seato date.

Biography

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Banu Yardimci has earned the PhD degree with the topic entitled “Pathological Findings in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Experimentally Infected by Aeromonas hydrophila (Bacterial Haemorrhagic Septicaemia)” in 2007. She joined as an assistant professor at the Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in 2008 and promoted to associate professor in 2015. She has presented many scientific studies in various national and international congresses and symposiums. She is a delegate of Association of Turkish Veterinary Pathology. byardimci@omu.edu.tr