<i>Enterocytozoon schreckii</i> n. sp. Infects the Enterocytes of Adult Chinook Salmon ( <i>Oncorhynchus tshawytscha</i> ) and May Be a Sentinel of Immunosenescence-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Enterocytozoon schreckii n. sp. Infects the Enterocytes of Adult Chinook Salmon ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) and May Be a Sentinel of Immunosenescence

Published:2022-02-23 Issue:1 Volume:7 Page:
ISSN:2379-5042
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Author:

Couch Claire E.¹^ORCID,Kent Michael L.²,Weiss Louis M.³^ORCID,Takvorian Peter M.³⁴,Nervino Stephanie²,Cummins Leslie⁴,Sanders Justin L.⁵

Affiliation:

1. Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

2. Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

3. Departments of Pathology and Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA

4. Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA

5. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

Abstract

In this work, we describe a new microsporidian species that infects the enterocytes of Chinook salmon. This novel pathogen is closely related to Enterocytozoon bieneusi , an opportunistic pathogen commonly found in AIDS patients and other severely immunocompromised humans.

Funder

DOD | US Army | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

HHS | NIH | National Cancer Institute

HHS | National Institutes of Health

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/msphere.00908-21

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