%0 Journal Article
%T Molecular and phylogenetic characterization of Thelohanellus boggoti Qadri, 1962 (Cnidaria, Myxosporea, Bivalvulida) infecting the fin of Indian minor carp Labeo dero (Hamilton, 1822)
%A Harpreet Kaur
%A Aditya Gupta
%J Molecular Biology Research Communications
%P 13-21
%D 2017
%I Shiraz University Press
%R -
%X A myxozoan parasite belonging to the genus Thelohanellus Kudo, 1933 (Cnidaria, Myxosporea, Bivalvulida) was isolated from the fins of Labeo dero inhabiting Ranjit Sagar Wetland, Punjab, India. The plasmodium was 0.5-0.7 mm in diameter each containing 80- 100 number of myxospores. Myxospores were egg shaped to ovoidal in valvular view having bluntly pointed anterior and broad rounded posterior end measuring 8.36x 4.77 ¦Ìm. Polar capsule was single, broadly pyriform in shape, measuring 4.77x3.98 ¦Ìm in size containing a polar filament coiled perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of myxospore body making 7-9 turns.  Blast analysis of 18S rDNA sequence of the isolate demonstrated 98% homogeneity with Thelohanellus sp.(KU155561, Unpublished), followed by91% with T. caudatus (KM252684) and Thelohanellus sp. FCO (KR819273). The intensity of infection was recorded to be light as indicated by fin plasmodial index (FPI = 1). In the present study, T. boggoti has been described using 18S rRNA gene and phylogenetic analysis using MEGA.6.
%K Thelohanellus boggoti
%K Phylogeny
%K Labeo dero
%K 18S rDNA
%K Ranjit Sagar wetland
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