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Morphological diferences between African camallanid nematodes revealed by SEM

MAŠOVÁ, Šárka and Vlastimil BARUŠ

Basic information

Original name

Morphological diferences between African camallanid nematodes revealed by SEM

Authors

MAŠOVÁ, Šárka (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Vlastimil BARUŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

18th International Microscopy Congress, 2014

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/14:00073958

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

ISBN

978-80-260-6720-7

Keywords (in Czech)

nematoda, Afrika

Keywords in English

Nematoda; Africa; fish parasite; Procamallanus; SEM

Tags

International impact
Změněno: 3/3/2015 15:24, RNDr. Šárka Mašová, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

Fish nematodes are important group of parasites, because it can cause several serious diseases. They can infect any part of the fish body, including the body cavity, internal organs, deeper layers of the skin or fins, and external muscle layers as adults or as larvae. SEM of their outer morphology revealed, that under this name is several morphospecies hidden. Procamallanus laeviconchus sensu lato is quite common nematode of various African fish species and has a Pan-African distribution. It has indirect life cycle, crustaceans (copepods) serve as intermediate hosts. Camallanid specimens were recovered mainly from stomachs of catfishes from different families. For study of important, however poorly recognizable morphological structures, light microscopy (LM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and partially also environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM) were used. Samples were prepared by standard methods for SEM and examined using a Quanta TM 250 FEG SEM at an accelerating voltage of 10 kV or JEOL JSM-7401F FE SEM at an accelerating voltage of 4 kV.

Links

GBP505/12/G112, research and development project
Name: ECIP - Evropské centrum ichtyoparazitologie
Investor: Czech Science Foundation