title: Characterization of a new myxozoan species (Myxozoa: Myxobolidae: Myxosporea) in largescale stonerollers (Campostoma oligolepis) from the Mobile River Basin (Alabama).
abstract: Myxobolus stanlii sp. n. was described from largescale stonerollers ( Campostoma oligolepis ) from the Mobile River Basin in Alabama. The parasite was described using critical identifying morphological features, and the 18S small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) gene sequence. The spore body was ovoid, 10.03 ± 0.7 (7.5-11.0) μm long and 8.8 ± 1.5 (6.3-11.3) μm wide in frontal view. Spore thickness was 6.3 ± 2.7 (6.2-8.6) μm in sutural view. Polar capsules were pyriform, of equal size, and oriented in plane with the sutural ridge. Polar capsules were 2.45 ± 1.5 (range 2.1-4.3) μm in width and 4.6 ± 2.7 (range 4.5-6.9) μm in length. Based on the SSU rRNA gene sequence of Myxobolus stanlii sp. n. is most closely related to M. pseudodispar.
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA. diwanowicz@usgs.gov
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Iwanowicz
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Iwanowicz
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Howerth
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Schill
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Blazer
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000407:Alabama / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003530:Cyprinidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D055764:Myxozoa / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D045483:Rivers; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013170:Spores / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014903:West Virginia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S