The plot thickens: Ovipleistophora diplostomuri infects two additional species of Florida crayfish

Microsporidia: a new taxonomic, evolutionary, and ecological synthesis

“…An emerging area of interest includes the process of trophic transmission across highly divergent host species [34,42,[80][81][82]. The Ovipleistophora diplostomuri conundrum involves a sequencing effort to look for this parasite in crustacean and fish hosts.…”

“…The Ovipleistophora diplostomuri conundrum involves a sequencing effort to look for this parasite in crustacean and fish hosts. Recently, Stratton et al [82] reported a lineage of O. diplostomuri infecting multiple crayfish species, multiple fish species, and a trematode species. Given the recommendations of this review, it is important to gather greater sequence evidence for the several O. diplostomuri isolates from these hosts to determine whether this parasite is truly trophically transmissibleor if we are seeing a complex of multiple strains/species that are playing different roles within these global ecosystems and each with a specific host range.…”