Quantitative PCR assay for the detection of the parasitic ciliate <Emphasis Type="Italic">Cryptocaryon irritans</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | Akito Taniguchi Hiroyuki Onishi Mitsuru Eguchi |
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Institution: | (1) Graduate School of Agriculture, Kinki University, 3327-204 Naka-machi, Nara 631-8505, Japan |
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Abstract: | We developed a quantitative PCR assay for detecting the parasitic ciliate Cryptocaryon irritans, which causes “white spot disease” in marine fishes, from the natural environment. A specific primer set for C. irritans was designed and its high specificity was confirmed in silico: almost all of the sequences deposited in the GenBank nucleotide
database were covered, 22/23 for the forward primer and 7/7 for the reverse primer. We estimated that there were 3,415.9 rRNA
gene copies per genome of C. irritans. In artificial mixture experiments to validate whether the qPCR assay is applicable to natural samples, the estimated copy
numbers showed significantly positive correlations with the number of theronts added (p < 0.001). When we applied this qPCR assay to natural samples collected bimonthly from surface and bottom seawaters at an
aquaculture site (water depth, 10 m) from May 2009 to March 2010, we only detected C. irritans (112.0 ± 6.3 cells/l) in the surface seawater sample in November. This qPCR assay is a useful tool for detecting C. irritans rapidly and quantitatively in natural environments; it could also help advance our understanding of the ecology of C. irritans, as well as facilitate the diagnosis of the disease. |
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