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This study was undertaken to develop a quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay that would improve the utility of PCR
for detecting Haplosporidium nelsoni (MSX), a serious parasite of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. A competitive PCR sequence was generated from the H. nelsoni small subunit ribosomal DNA fragment, originally described by Stokes and colleagues, that was amplified by the same PCR primers
and had similar amplification performance. Assays performed using competitor dilutions ranging from 0.05 to 500 pg/μl DNA
were used to test oyster samples designated using histological techniques as having ``light' or ``heavy' MSX infections.
Visual diagnoses were confirmed equally well with three methods: densitometry of ethidium-bromide-stained agarose, densitometry
of SYBRGreen-stained polyacrylamide gels, and analysis by GeneScan 3.0 of fluorescent products detected in ultrathin gels.
Oysters diagnosed as negative for MSX tested as negative or light by PCR. Oysters with light MSX infections generally had
less than 5 pg/μl infectious DNA. Oysters with heavy infections generally corresponded to 5 pg/μl or greater competitor dilutions.
Received September 3, 1999; accepted March 3, 2000. 相似文献
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ROBERT D. BARBER SHEILA A. KANALEY SUSAN E. FORD 《The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology》1991,38(4):305-306
The spore stage of Haplosporidium nelsoni , the ascetosporan parasite causing multinucleated sphere unknown (MSX) disease in oysters, Crassostrea virginica , has been reported so rarely (≥0.01% of infected oysters) that a second host has been postulated. However, recent intensive sampling of young (≥1 year) oysters in Delaware Bay, U.S. suggests that spore formation occurs regularly in this group and that spores are produced in at least 75–85% of all infections reaching the advanced stage. Sporulation was seasonal, occurring over two to three weeks in late June/early July and again in late summer/early fall. Our data indicate that sporulation by H. nelsoni in oysters is more common than previously suspected, occurring in a segment of the host population that may not have been sufficiently sampled in the past, and that a direct life cycle should be reconsidered. 相似文献
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Seo JS Jeon EJ Kim MS Woo SH Kim JD Jung SH Park MA Jee BY Kim JW Kim YC Lee EH 《The Korean journal of parasitology》2012,50(2):103-111
Intestinal giant-cystic disease (IGCD) of the Israel carp (Cyprinus carpio nudus) has been recognized as one of the most serious diseases afflicting inland farmed fish in the Republic of Korea, and Thelohanellus kitauei has been identified as the causative agent of the disease. Until now, studies concerning IGCD caused by T. kitauei in the Israel carp have been limited to morphological and histopathological examinations. However, these types of diagnostic examinations are relatively time-consuming, and the infection frequently cannot be detected in its early stages. In this study, we cloned the full-length 18S rRNA gene of T. kitauei isolated from diseased Israel carps, and carried out molecular identification by comparing the sequence with those of other myxosporeans. Moreover, conventional PCR and real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) using oligonucleotide primers for the amplification of 18S rRNA gene fragment were established for further use as methods for rapid diagnosis of IGCD. Our results demonstrated that both the conventional PCR and real-time quantitative PCR systems applied herein are effective for rapid detection of T. kitauei spores in fish tissues and environmental water. 相似文献
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