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- Title
Chloromyxum aegypticus n. sp. (Myxozoa: Chloromyxidae) infecting the testicular tissue of the Egyptian toad, Bufo regularis (Amphibia: Bufonidae), and its pathogenicity.
- Authors
Reda, Enayat
- Abstract
new myxosporean, Chloromyxum aegypticus n. sp., is described from the testes of the Egyptian toad Bufo regularis, captured from El Mansoura locality. C. aegypticus is identified on the basis of cytology, electron microscopy and histopathology. It is distinguished from all previously reported Chloromyxum spp. by its shape, dimensions of the mature spore (9.1 ± 0.1 (9.0-9.2) μm in length × 7.9 ± 0.1 (7.8-8.0) μm in width), polar capsules, external ridge, sporoplasm nuclei, undulating suture, locality and host. Accumulation of several hundreds of plasmodia (0.8 ± 0.3 (0.5-1.1) mm in length × 0.5 ± 0.3 (0.2-0.7) mm in width) in the testes causes their enlargement. Parasites cause destruction of the seminiferous tubule cells and complete loss of spermatozoa. Since spermatogenesis stops, this seems to be a form of 'parasitic castration'. This is the first known record of the genus Chloromyxum in amphibian testes.
- Subjects
CHLOROMYXIDAE; BUFO regularis; BUFONIDAE; ELECTRON microscopy; HISTOPATHOLOGY; PLASMODIA; SPERMATOGENESIS
- Publication
Parasitology Research, 2010, Vol 107, Issue 6, p1299
- ISSN
0932-0113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00436-010-2000-1