Pathogens and other symbionts of the Amphipoda: taxonomic diversity and pathological significance

J Bojko, M Ovcharenko - Diseases of aquatic organisms, 2019 - int-res.com
With over 10000 species of Amphipoda currently described, this order is one of the most
diverse groups of freshwater and marine Crustacea. Members of this group are globally …

Notes for genera: Basal clades of fungi (Including aphelidiomycota, basidiobolomycota, blastocladiomycota, calcarisporiellomycota, caulochytriomycota …

NN Wijayawardene, J Pawłowska, PM Letcher, PM Kirk… - Fungal Diversity, 2018 - Springer
Compared to the higher fungi (Dikarya), taxonomic and evolutionary studies on the basal
clades of fungi are fewer in number. Thus, the generic boundaries and higher ranks in the …

Invaders, natives and their enemies: distribution patterns of amphipods and their microsporidian parasites in the Ruhr Metropolis, Germany

DS Grabner, AM Weigand, F Leese, C Winking… - Parasites & vectors, 2015 - Springer
Background The amphipod and microsporidian diversity in freshwaters of a heterogeneous
urban region in Germany was assessed. Indigenous and non-indigenous host species …

Europe-wide reassessment of Dictyocoela (Microsporidia) infecting native and invasive amphipods (Crustacea): molecular versus ultrastructural traits

K Bacela-Spychalska, P Wróblewski, T Mamos… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Microsporidia are common parasites infecting animals and protists. They are specifically
common pathogens of amphipods (Crustacea, Malacostraca), with Dictyocoela spp. being …

Pathogens of Dikerogammarus haemobaphes regulate host activity and survival, but also threaten native amphipod populations in the UK

J Bojko, GD Stentiford, PD Stebbing, C Hassall… - Diseases of Aquatic …, 2019 - int-res.com
Dikerogammarus haemobaphes is a non-native amphipod in UK freshwaters. Studies have
identified this species as a low-impact invader in the UK, relative to its cousin …

Diversity and recombination of dispersed ribosomal DNA and protein coding genes in microsporidia

JE Ironside - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Microsporidian strains are usually classified on the basis of their ribosomal DNA (rDNA)
sequences. Although rDNA occurs as multiple copies, in most non-microsporidian species …

Intraspecific genetic diversity of the fish-infecting microsporidian parasite Pseudokabatana alburnus (Microsporidia)

M Weng, X Zhang, Z Xin, S Xue, Q Zhang, A Li… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Pseudokabatana alburnus is a xenoma-forming fish microsporidium, firstly described from
the liver of the Culter alburnus from Poyang Lake in China. In the present study, P. alburnus …

Cucumispora ornata n. sp.(Fungi: Microsporidia) infecting invasive 'demon shrimp'(Dikerogammarus haemobaphes) in the United Kingdom

J Bojko, AM Dunn, PD Stebbing, SH Ross… - Journal of Invertebrate …, 2015 - Elsevier
Dikerogammarus haemobaphes, the 'demon shrimp', is an amphipod native to the Ponto-
Caspian region. This species invaded the UK in 2012 and has become widely established …

Baseline histopathological survey of a recently invading island population of 'killer shrimp', Dikerogammarus villosus

J Bojko, PD Stebbing, KS Bateman… - Diseases of Aquatic …, 2013 - int-res.com
Dikerogammarus villosus, an invasive amphipod, has recently been detected in UK
freshwaters. To assess the potential for pathogen introduction with the invader, a year-long …

Microsporidian infections in the species complex Gammarus roeselii (Amphipoda) over its geographical range: evidence for both host–parasite co-diversification and …

A Quiles, K Bacela-Spychalska, M Teixeira… - Parasites & …, 2019 - Springer
Background Microsporidians are obligate endoparasites infecting taxonomically diverse
hosts. Both vertical (from mother to eggs) and horizontal (between conspecifics or between …