Occurrence and seasonal variation of Perkinsus sp. Infection in wild mollusk populations from coastal waters of Qingdao, northern China

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第一作者： Zhang, Xiang

作者： Zhang, Xiang;Zheng, Yu-Dong;Liu, Chen-Feng;Huang, Bo-Wen;Xin, Lu-Sheng;Wang, Chong-Ming;Bai, Chang-Ming;Zhang, Xiang;Xin, Lu-Sheng;Wang, Chong-Ming;Bai, Chang-Ming;Yuan, Tian;Huang, Bo-Wen;Xin, Lu-Sheng;Wang, Chong-Ming;Bai, Chang-Ming

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关键词： Perkinsosis; Clams; Perkinsus olseni; Seasonal variation; Infection intensity

期刊名称：JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY （ 影响因子：3.4； 五年影响因子：3.1 ）

ISSN： 0022-2011

年卷期： 2024 年 202 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Perkinsosis has been recognized as one of the major threats to natural and farmed bivalve populations, many of which are of commercial as well as environmental significance. Three Perkinsus species have been identified in China, and the Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum) was the most frequently infected species in northern China. Although the occurrence and seasonal variation of Perkinsus spp. have previously been examined, the pathological characteristics of these infections in wild Manila clams and sympatric species in China have seldom been reported. In the present study, the prevalence and intensity of Perkinsus infection in wild populations of Manila clams and 10 sympatric species from three sites were investigated by Ray's fluid thioglycolate medium (RFTM) assay seasonally across a single year. Perkinsus infection was only identified in Manila clams, with a high prevalence (274/284 = 96.48 %) and low intensity (89.8 % with a Mackin value <= 2, suggesting generally lowintensity infections) throughout the year. Heavily infected clams were mainly identified in Tianheng in January, which displayed no macroscopic signs of disease. An overview of the whole visceral mass section showed that the trophozoites mostly aggregated in gills and connective tissue of the digestive tract, to a lesser extent in the mantle and foot, and even less frequently in adductor muscle and connective tissues of the gonad. PCR and ITS-5.8S rRNA sequencing of 93 representative RFTM-positive samples revealed a 99.69 to 100 % DNA sequence identity to Perkinsus olseni. Unexpectedly, significantly higher infection intensities were usually identified in January and April when the Condition Index (CI) was relatively high. We propose that factors associated with the anthropogenic harvesting pressure and irregular disturbances should be responsible for the uncommon seasonal infection dynamics of perkinsosis observed in the present study.

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