Introduced Pathogens and Native Freshwater Biodiversity: A Case Study of Sphaerothecum destruens
A recent threat to European fish diversity was attributed to the association between an intracellular parasite, Sphaerothecum destruens, and a healthy freshwater fish carrier, the invasive Pseudorasbora parva originating from China. The pathogen was found to be responsible for the decline and local...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3352871 2023-05-15T15:32:06+02:00 Introduced Pathogens and Native Freshwater Biodiversity: A Case Study of Sphaerothecum destruens Andreou, Demetra Arkush, Kristen D. Guégan, Jean-François Gozlan, Rodolphe E. 2012-05-15 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3352871 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22615866 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036998 en eng Public Library of Science http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3352871 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22615866 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036998 Andreou et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. CC-BY Research Article Text 2012 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036998 2013-09-04T07:17:19Z A recent threat to European fish diversity was attributed to the association between an intracellular parasite, Sphaerothecum destruens, and a healthy freshwater fish carrier, the invasive Pseudorasbora parva originating from China. The pathogen was found to be responsible for the decline and local extinction of the European endangered cyprinid Leucaspius delineatus and high mortalities in stocks of Chinook and Atlantic salmon in the USA. Here, we show that the emerging S. destruens is also a threat to a wider range of freshwater fish than originally suspected such as bream, common carp, and roach. This is a true generalist as an analysis of susceptible hosts shows that S. destruens is not limited to a phylogenetically narrow host spectrum. This disease agent is a threat to fish biodiversity as it can amplify within multiple hosts and cause high mortalities. Text Atlantic salmon PubMed Central (PMC) PLoS ONE 7 5 e36998 |
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A recent threat to European fish diversity was attributed to the association between an intracellular parasite, Sphaerothecum destruens, and a healthy freshwater fish carrier, the invasive Pseudorasbora parva originating from China. The pathogen was found to be responsible for the decline and local extinction of the European endangered cyprinid Leucaspius delineatus and high mortalities in stocks of Chinook and Atlantic salmon in the USA. Here, we show that the emerging S. destruens is also a threat to a wider range of freshwater fish than originally suspected such as bream, common carp, and roach. This is a true generalist as an analysis of susceptible hosts shows that S. destruens is not limited to a phylogenetically narrow host spectrum. This disease agent is a threat to fish biodiversity as it can amplify within multiple hosts and cause high mortalities. |
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Introduced Pathogens and Native Freshwater Biodiversity: A Case Study of Sphaerothecum destruens |
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Introduced Pathogens and Native Freshwater Biodiversity: A Case Study of Sphaerothecum destruens |
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Introduced Pathogens and Native Freshwater Biodiversity: A Case Study of Sphaerothecum destruens |
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Introduced Pathogens and Native Freshwater Biodiversity: A Case Study of Sphaerothecum destruens |
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Introduced Pathogens and Native Freshwater Biodiversity: A Case Study of Sphaerothecum destruens |
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introduced pathogens and native freshwater biodiversity: a case study of sphaerothecum destruens |
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