caa a22 4500 445341742 CHVBK 20180317142815.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00436-010-2061-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00436-010-2061-1 Microsporidian parasites: a danger facing marine fishes of the Red Sea [Elektronische Daten] [Fathy Abdel-Ghaffar, Abdel-Rahman Bashtar, Heinz Mehlhorn, Khaled AL-Rasheid, Kareem Morsy] Out of 600 marine fish from the Red Sea belonging to three different species that were collected and examined for microsporidian parasites, 87 (14.5%) fish were found to be infected. The infection was recorded as cysts or xenomas embedded in the gut epithelium and the peritoneal cavity of the three fish species. The highest percent of infection with microsporidian parasites was recorded in Saurida tumbil 19.5% (39/200) followed by Pagrus pagrus 15% (45/300) and the lowest percent of infection was recorded in Epinephelus chlorostigma 3% (three out of 100). After rupture of the cysts, the spores were released and examined by light microscopy. Each spore was elongated to ellipsoidal in shape and possessed a posterior vacuole which is characteristic to phylum Microspora. They measure 1.6 ± 0.5μm (1.5-2.4μm) × 1.3 ± 0.1μm (1.3-2.0μm) in Saurida tumbil and Pagrus pagrus, respectively. The spores of Pleistophora sp recorded from E. chlorostigma were ovoid to pyriform in shape and measure 1.9 ± 0.5μm (1.8-2.7μm) × 1.6 ± 0.4μm (1.5-2.4μm). Springer-Verlag, 2010 Abdel-Ghaffar Fathy Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt aut Bashtar Abdel-Rahman Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt aut Mehlhorn Heinz Institute Für Parasitologie Zell Biologie, Düsseldorf University, Düsseldorf, Germany aut AL-Rasheid Khaled Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia aut Morsy Kareem Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt aut Parasitology Research Springer-Verlag 108/1(2011-01-01), 219-225 0932-0113 108:1<219 2011 108 436 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-010-2061-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-010-2061-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Abdel-Ghaffar Fathy Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bashtar Abdel-Rahman Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mehlhorn Heinz Institute Für Parasitologie Zell Biologie, Düsseldorf University, Düsseldorf, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- AL-Rasheid Khaled Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Morsy Kareem Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Parasitology Research Springer-Verlag 108/1(2011-01-01), 219-225 0932-0113 108:1<219 2011 108 436 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer