Parasites of zooplankton and periphyton assemblages in the littoral zone of lakes in Drawa National Park, Poland

Wolska, Maria; Mazurkiewicz-Zapalowicz, K.

doi:10.5586/am.2013.007

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“…As our analysis focused on small sized fractions (< 150 μm), this novel diversity may correspond at least partly to not yet described microsporidian species infecting small hosts. Some studies report infections of ciliates and rotifers by Microsporidia in freshwater environments (Fokin et al ., 2008; Wolska and Mazurkiewicz‐Zapalowicz, 2013; Stentiford et al ., 2013a; Yakovleva et al ., 2020), but only two sequences from ciliates, and none from rotifers are currently available in the databases. Further sampling efforts aiming to identify host‐microsporidian interactions in these small size organisms will be necessary in order to confirm this hypothesis.…”

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A phylogenetic framework to investigate the microsporidian communities through metabarcoding and its application to lake ecosystems

Dubuffet

Chauvet

Moné

et al. 2021

Environmental Microbiology

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Summary Microsporidia are obligate intracellular eukaryotic parasites known to parasitize many species of the animal kingdom as well as some protists. However, their diversity is underestimated, in part as a consequence of the failure of ‘universal’ primers to detect them in metabarcoding studies. Besides, due to the inconsistency between taxonomy and phylogenetic data, available databases may assign incorrectly sequences obtained with high‐throughput sequencing. In this work, we developed a comprehensive reference database which positions microsporidian SSU rRNA gene sequences within a coherent ranked phylogenetic framework. We used this phylogenetic framework to study the microsporidian diversity in lacustrine ecosystems, focusing on < 150 μm planktonic size fractions. Our analysis shows a high diversity of Microsporidia, with the identification of 1531 OTUs distributed within seven clades, of which 76% were affiliated to clade IV2 and 20% to clade I (nomenclature presented hereby). About a quarter of the obtained sequences shared less than 85% identity to the closest known species, which might represent undescribed genera or families infecting small hosts. Variations in the abundance of Microsporidia were recorded between the two lakes sampled and across the sampling period, which might be explained by spatio‐temporal variations of their potential hosts such as microeukaryotes and metazooplankton.

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A phylogenetic framework to investigate the microsporidian communities through metabarcoding and its application to lake ecosystems

Dubuffet

Chauvet

Moné

et al. 2021

Environmental Microbiology

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“…In freshwaters, only a few observations showed Microsporidia parasiting ciliates with only two microsporidian species characterized by morphological and molecular approaches (Euplotespora binucleata and Globosporidium paramecii parasitizing the ciliates Euplotes woodruffi and Paramecium aurelia, respectively [6,7]). Among microzooplankton, Microsporidia have been observed in the rotifers Brachionus calicyflorus as well as in Asplanchna priodonta and A. brightwellii in both river and freshwater lakes [8,9] however these observations (no molecular data) remain sporadic and for most at low prevalence.…”

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“…Brachionus calyciflorus by Microsporidium sp. on 1.2% of the host population, [9]). However, these descriptions were only morphological and neither the site of infection nor the microsporidian spore or intracellular form were described.…”

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Single Cell Analysis Reveals a New Microsporidia-Host Association in a Freshwater Lake

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Microsporidia are a large group of obligate intracellular eukaryotic parasites. Recent studies suggest that their diversity can be huge in freshwater lake ecosystems especially in the <150 µm size fraction. However, little is known about their hosts and therefore their impact on the trophic food web functioning. In this study, single cell analysis and fluorescence microscopy were used to detect new host-parasite association within rotifer communities in lake Aydat (France). Our analysis showed the existence of a potential new species belonging to the Crispospora genus able of infecting the rotifer Kellicottia with a high prevalence (42.5%) suggesting that Microsporidia could have a great impact on the rotifer populations regulation in lakes.

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“…1, C). Previously Saprolegnia fungi were found in the body cavity of Cladocera C. sphaericus (Wolska & Mazurkiewicz-Zapalowicz, 2013). Olpidium gregarium Schroter, 1886 belongs to holocarpic fungi which parasitize mainly the freshwater algae, mosses, fl owering plants and microscopic animals such as rotifers (Mierinho et al, 2013).…”

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“…Such Ukrainian scientists as V. I. Monchenko, I. V. Dovgal and Y. G. Boshko signifi cantly contributed to the study of obligate epibionts of zooplankton (Dovgal, 1984;Dovgal, 1988Dovgal, , 2013Monchenko, 2003;. Foreign studies of zooplankton symbionts are very few, and mainly focus on the taxonomy and biology of certain species of hosts and symbionts (Evans et al, 1979;Gaiser & Bachmann, 1993;Carman & Dobbs, 1997;Fernandes-Leborans & Tato-Porto, 2000;Barea-Arco et al, 2001;Bittner et al, 2002;Duncan et al, 2009;Lohr et al, 2010;Bickel et al, 2012;Wolska & Mazurkiewicz-Zapalowicz, 2013;Bielecka & Boehnke, 2014;and others).…”

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Symbiont Fauna of Freshwater Zooplankton in Several Water Bodies of the Dnipro River Basin

Rybka¹,

Yuryshynets²

2018

Vestnik Zoologii

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In several water bodies of the Dnipro river Basin, parasitological studies of the representatives of main taxonomic groups of freshwater zooplankton (Rotifera, Copepoda and Cladocera) were conducted. Altogether 22 species of different taxonomic groups (bacteria, flagellates, algae, fungi, ciliates, etc.) of symbionts of zooplankters were found. The dataon the symbiofauna of zooplankters and on the aspects of biology of certain epibiotic and parasitic species were summarized. The study showed the peculiarities of symbionts distribution by host species in different taxonomic groups of zooplankton. The number of symbiotic species increased in following order: Rotifera → Cladocera → Copepoda. Copepoda had high species richness of epibiotic ciliates and the highest rates of colonization by epibiotic algae.

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Parasites of zooplankton and periphyton assemblages in the littoral zone of lakes in Drawa National Park, Poland

Cited by 6 publications

References 20 publications

A phylogenetic framework to investigate the microsporidian communities through metabarcoding and its application to lake ecosystems

A phylogenetic framework to investigate the microsporidian communities through metabarcoding and its application to lake ecosystems

Single Cell Analysis Reveals a New Microsporidia-Host Association in a Freshwater Lake

Symbiont Fauna of Freshwater Zooplankton in Several Water Bodies of the Dnipro River Basin

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