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DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS
Volume 98, Issue 3, Pages 249-254Publisher
INTER-RESEARCH
DOI: 10.3354/dao02441
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Epitheliocystis; Chlamydia-like organism; Chlamydiae; Blue-striped snapper; Lutjanus kasmira
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- Novartis Foundation
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The blue-striped snapper Lutjanus kasmira (Perciformes, Lutjanidae) are cosmopolitan in the Indo-Pacific but were introduced into Oahu, Hawaii, USA, in the 1950s and have since colonized most of the archipelago. Studies of microparasites in blue-striped snappers from Hawaii revealed chlamydia-like organisms (CLO) infecting the spleen and kidney, characterized by intracellular basophilic granular inclusions containing Gram-negative and Gimenez-positive bacteria similar in appearance to epitheliocysts when seen under light microscopy. We provide molecular evidence that CLO are a new member of Chlamydiae, i.e. Candidatus Renichlamydia lutjani, that represents the first reported case of chlamydial infection in organs other than the gill in fishes.
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