Loma morhua, also known as Loma branchialis, is a species of microsporidian parasite, infecting fish.[1] It forms xenoparasitic complexes of the cell-hypertrophy tumour type, and is found in the gills of the Atlantic cod Gadus morhua. It is apansporoblastic, unikaryotic, disporoblastic and undergoes partial development in parasitophorous vacuoles, while lacking plasmodial stages. It produces one or two spores in a vacuole, having tubules in the parasitophorous vacuoles.
| Loma morhua | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Rozellomycota |
| Class: | Microsporidea |
| Order: | Glugeida |
| Family: | Glugeidae |
| Genus: | Loma |
| Species: | L. morhua
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| Binomial name | |
| Loma morhua Morrison & Sprague, 1981
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References
edit- ^ Morrison, Carol M.; Sprague, V. (1981). "Electron microscopical study of a new genus and new species of microsporida in the gills of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua L.*". Journal of Fish Diseases. 4 (1): 15–32. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2761.1981.tb01106.x. ISSN 0140-7775.
Further reading
edit- Morrison, Carol M. (1983). "The distribution of the microsporidianLoma morhuain tissues of the codGadus morhuaL". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 61 (9): 2155–2161. doi:10.1139/z83-283. ISSN 0008-4301.
- MacLeod, Michael J., "In vitro Study of the Microsporidian Parasite Loma morhua, Using Cod-derived Cells and Novel Culture Techniques" (2012). Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive). Paper 1127. http://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/1127.
- Khan RA (October 2005). "Prevalence and influence of Loma branchialis (Microspora) on growth and mortality in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in coastal Newfoundland". The Journal of Parasitology. 91 (5): 1230–2. doi:10.1645/GE-528R.1. PMID 16419777. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
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