Widespread infection, diversification and old host associations of Nosema Microsporidia in European freshwater gammarids (Amphipoda)

• Published in: PLoS pathogens Vol. 19; no. 8; p. e1011560
• Main Authors: Bacela-Spychalska, Karolina, Wattier, Remi, Teixeira, Maria, Cordaux, Richard, Quiles, Adrien, Grabowski, Michal, Wroblewski, Piotr, Ovcharenko, Mykola, Grabner, Daniel, Weber, Dieter, Weigand, Alexander M., Rigaud, Thierry
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Francisco Public Library of Science 21.08.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Amphipoda; Analysis; Animal biology; Biodiversity and Ecology; Biology and Life Sciences; Biomarkers; Computer and Information Sciences; Contamination; Control; Crustaceans; Distortion; Diversification; DNA-directed RNA polymerase; Earth Sciences; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Economic importance; Environmental Sciences; Females; Fresh water; Gene sequencing; Genetic testing; Genomes; Host specificity; Hypotheses; Identification and classification; Infection control; Infections; Insects; Life Sciences; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; Microbiology and Parasitology; Microsporidia; Mycology; Nosema; Parasites; Parasitology; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Phylogeography; Reconstruction; Ribosomal DNA; RNA polymerase; RNA polymerase II; Sex; Sex ratio; Shellfish; Species; Taxonomy; Veterinary medicine and animal Health; Germany; Poland; France; co-diversification; Host-parasite relationships; phylogeny; SSU rDNA; RPB1; Gammarus

The microsporidian genus Nosema is primarily known to infect insects of economic importance stimulating high research interest, while other hosts remain understudied. Nosema granulosis is one of the formally described Nosema species infecting amphipod crustaceans, being known to infect only two host...