Isolation of infectious microalga Prototheca wickerhamii from a carp (Cyprinus carpio) – a first confirmed case report of protothecosis in a fish |
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| Authors: | T Jagielski M Dyl?g U Roesler J Murugaiyan |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland;2. Department of Genetics, Institute of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Wroc?aw, Wroc?aw, Poland;3. Institute of Animal Hygiene and Environmental Health, Centre for Infectious Medicine, Freie Universit?t Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Protothecosis is a rare infection caused by environmentally ubiquitous achlorophyllic microalgae of the genus Prototheca. Here, we describe a first case of protothecosis in a carp (Cyprinus carpio), which is at the same time the first case of protothecosis in a fish, confirmed by phenotype‐ and molecular‐based methods, including PCR sequencing of the rDNA cluster and protein profiling using matrix‐assisted laser desorption ionization time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry. |
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| Keywords: | algae carp Cyprinus carpio Prototheca wickerhamii protothecosis |
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