[A new microsporidian species Glugea mesocotti sp. n. (Microsporidia:Glugeidae) from Mesocottus haitej (Scorpaeniformes:Cottidae)].
A new microsporidian parasite of a freshwater fish Mesocottus haitej from the Amur River basin of Russia is described using light microscopy. The numerous whitish xenomas, round or oval, up to 3.0 mm large were found to be located in subcutaneous tissue of the body and mouth cavity, in the intestine and other internal organs. The formol fixed spores are elongate oval, measuring 4.8 (4.5-5.0) x 2.3 (2.2-2.5) microm in a wet smears. Posterior vacuole occupies about half of the spores. Sporophorous vesicles measuring up to 13 microm contain a great number of spores.
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Iukhimenko
D000818:Animals; D005399:Fishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D016814:Microsporidia / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D045483:Rivers / Q000469:parasitology*; D012800:Siberia