Specificity of infection sites in vertebrate hosts

K Molnár, E Eszterbauer - Myxozoan evolution, ecology and development, 2015 - Springer
Most myxozoans infecting fish are host-, tissue-and organ-specific parasites. The host
specificity of most myxosporean species is rather narrow, with the parasites able to develop …

Classification and phylogenetics of Myxozoa

I Fiala, P Bartošová-Sojková, CM Whipps - Myxozoan evolution, ecology …, 2015 - Springer
Myxozoans evolved as an endoparasitic radiation of cnidarians exploiting invertebrate and
vertebrate (primarily fish) hosts in freshwater and marine environments. Currently, there are …

Adaptive radiation and evolution within the Myxozoa

I Fiala, P Bartošová-Sojková, B Okamura… - … evolution, ecology and …, 2015 - Springer
Myxozoans are endoparasites characterized by extensive morphological simplification and
complex life cycles. Their definitive hosts are bryozoans—in the case of the more primitive …

Molecular Phylogeny of the Myxobolus and Henneguya Genera with Several New South American Species

MM Carriero, EA Adriano, MRM Silva, PS Ceccarelli… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The present study consists of a detailed phylogenetic analysis of myxosporeans of the
Myxobolus and Henneguya genera, including sequences from 12 Myxobolus/Henneguya …

Myxozoans: ancient metazoan parasites find a home in phylum Cnidaria

SD Atkinson, JL Bartholomew, T Lotan - Zoology, 2018 - Elsevier
Myxozoans are endoparasites with complex life cycles that alternate between invertebrate
and vertebrate hosts. Though considered protozoans for over 150 years, they are now …

Concatenated SSU and LSU rDNA data confirm the main evolutionary trends within myxosporeans (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) and provide an effective tool for their …

P Bartošová, I Fiala, V Hypša - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2009 - Elsevier
Views on myxosporean phylogeny and systematics have recently undergone substantial
changes resulting from analyses of SSU rDNA. Here, we further investigate the evolutionary …

Phylogeny of Myxobolidae (Myxozoa) and the evolution of myxospore appendages in the Myxobolus clade

Y Liu, A Lövy, Z Gu, I Fiala - International Journal for Parasitology, 2019 - Elsevier
Genera Myxobolus Bütschli, 1882 and Henneguya Thélohan, 1892 (Myxobolidae) are
specious myxozoan genera. They comprise nearly half of overall known myxozoan species …

Assessing myxozoan presence and diversity using environmental DNA

H Hartikainen, D Bass, AG Briscoe, H Knipe… - International Journal for …, 2016 - Elsevier
Amplicon sequencing on a High Throughput Sequencing platform (custom barcoding) was
used to detect and characterise myxosporean communities in environmental DNA samples …

Synopsis of myxosporean species (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) parasitizing fishes from Vietnam

NN Chinh, NTH Ha, PN Doanh, JC Eiras… - Systematic …, 2023 - Springer
This paper provides an updated checklist of species-level identified myxosporeans from
marine and freshwater fishes in Vietnam. The list includes 51 nominal species (38 marine …

Evaluation and optimization of an eDNA metabarcoding assay for detection of freshwater myxozoan communities

M Lisnerová, A Holzer, P Blabolil, I Fiala - Environmental DNA, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding approach has become a useful tool for
detecting the species diversity of different animal groups, including parasites. Myxozoa …