Molecular identification of Austrodiplostomum sp., an eye parasite among farmed tambaqui in Amazonia



Document title: Molecular identification of Austrodiplostomum sp., an eye parasite among farmed tambaqui in Amazonia
Journal: Genetics and molecular biology
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000459155
ISSN: 1415-4757
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Institutions: 1Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Amazonas. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Manaus, Amazonas. Brasil
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Volumen: 46
Number: 1
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, analítico
English abstract Austrodiplostomum Szidat & Nani, 1951 is a genus of parasitic digenetic trematodes widely distributed in the Neotropical region. Infects a wide variety of species, families and requests for freshwater fish. We identify samples of Austrodiplostomum sp, based on metacercariae isolates from eyes of tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum), a fish of high commercial importance in Brazil, and widely consumed by the population of the northern region. The sequences obtained clustered with A. compactum. This is the first report of the occurrence of diplostomids in farmed tambaqui in Amazonia
Disciplines: Biología
Keyword: Peces,
Parasitología,
Tambaqui,
Colossoma macropomum,
Ojos,
Austrodiplostomum,
Biología molecular,
Trematoda
Keyword: Fish,
Parasitology,
Tambaqui,
Colossoma macropomum,
Eyes,
Austrodiplostomum,
Molecular biology,
Trematoda
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