Detection of Haplosporidium pinnae from Pinna nobilis Faeces
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Lopez-Nuñez, Raquel
Cortés Melendreras, Emilio
Giménez Casalduero, Francisca
Prado, Patricia
Lopez-Moya, Federico
Lopez-Llorca, Luis Vicente
Fecha de publicación
2022-02-17ISSN
2077-1312
Resumen
Pinna nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758) is the largest bivalve endemic to the Mediterranean. It is distributed in a wide range of coastal environments, including estuaries. Pinna nobilis has recently become a critically endangered species (with almost 100% mortality) along the entire Spanish Mediterranean coast. This may be due to coinfections caused by Haplosporidium pinnae and bacterial pathogens such as Mycobacterium spp. We extensively sampled P. nobilis from Mar Menor lagoon (SE Spain), a site where individuals still survive. Using conventional PCR, we found Haplosporidium spp. in 7.1% of mantle and faecal DNA samples in different individuals of P. nobilis. We identified and quantified Haplosporidium pinnae in P. nobilis using Sanger sequencing and qPCR. Faecal H. pinnae detection is non-invasive, unlike biopsies. Therefore, this non-lethal and non-invasive sampling method could contribute to the welfare of living populations, particularly in eutrophic environments, where they are prone to septicaemia. The use of faecal DNA analysis could be a major advance in epidemiology and recovery assessment studies of P. nobilis.
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English
Materias (CDU)
574 - Ecología general y biodiversidad
Páginas
9
Publicado por
MDPI
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (JMSE)
Citación
Lopez-Nuñez, Raquel, Emilio Cortés Melendreras, Francisca Giménez Casalduero, Patricia Prado, Federico Lopez-Moya, and Luis Vicente Lopez-Llorca. 2022. "Detection Of Haplosporidium Pinnae From Pinna Nobilis Faeces". Journal Of Marine Science And Engineering 10 (2): 276. doi:10.3390/jmse10020276.
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Aigües Marines i Continentals
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