Some little-known and new protozoan parasites of fish from Lake Sasajewun, Algonquin Park, Ontario

1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 1372-1379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiří Lom ◽  
Sherwin S. Desser ◽  
Iva Dyková
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Specificity ◽  
Polar Filament ◽  
Lepomis Gibbosus ◽  
Renal Tubules ◽  
Protozoan Parasites ◽  
Sporocyst Residuum ◽  
Semotilus Atromaculatus ◽  
Ictalurus Nebulosus ◽  
The Common ◽  
Creek Chub

One hundred and twenty-six fish of eight species, taken from Lake Sasajewun, Ontario, were examined for protozoan parasites. Detailed descriptions are given for Sphaerospora diminuta Li and Desser from the pumpkinseed, Lepomis gibbosus, and for Goussia degiustii Molnar and Fernando from the common shiner, Notropis cornutus. Oocysts of G. degiustii are pleomorphic and exhibit low tissue specificity. Goussia freemani Molnar and Fernando from the kidney of N. cornutus is tentatively synonymized with Goussia leucisci Shulman and Zaika. Two new species of Sphaerospora are described: Sphaerospora paulini n.sp. from the renal tubules of creek chub, Semotilus atromaculatus, with spherical spores 8.1 (8.0–8.5) μm in diameter, containing ovoid polar capsules 2.8 (2.5–3.4) × 2.6 (2.5–3.0) μm, and polar filament with 4–5 coils; and Sphaerospora hankai n.sp. from the renal tubules of the brown bullhead, Ictalurus nebulosus, with subspherical spores 6.1 (5.4–6.6) × 6.0 (5.4–6.5) μm, unequal subspherical polar capsules (larger, 2.8 (2.5–3.1) × 2.7 (2.3–2.9) μm; smaller, 2.4 (2.1–2.6) × 2.0 (1.9–2.2) μm), and polar filament with 4–5 coils in larger capsule, 3–4 coils in smaller capsule. Eimeria patersoni n.sp. is described from the kidney, spleen, and liver of L. gibbosus. Oocysts are subspherical (11.9 × 10.6), sporocysts ellipsoidal (10.4 (9.9–11.2) × 3.5 (2.6–4.0) μm), and sporozoites stubby (3.6 × 2.0 μm); sporocyst residuum has 1–3 large granules.

The protozoan parasites of fish from two lakes in Algonquin Park, Ontario

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (8) ◽  
pp. 1846-1858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianxiang Li ◽  
Sherwin S. Desser
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
Salvelinus Fontinalis ◽  
Perca Flavescens ◽  
Global Distribution ◽  
Lepomis Gibbosus ◽  
Relative Distribution ◽  
Protozoan Parasites ◽  
Parasitic Protozoa ◽  
Semotilus Atromaculatus

The parasitic Protozoa of seven species of freshwater fish (the cyprinids Notropis cornutus, Notropis heterolepis, Notemigonus crysoleucas, and Semotilus atromaculatus; the percid Perca flavescens; the centrarchid Lepomis gibbosus; and the salmonid Salvelinus fontinalis) are described from Lake Sasajewun and Lake Opeongo, Algonquin Park, Ontario. The parasites include 1 species of Hexamita, 6 species of Goussia, 2 species of Eimeria, 3 species of Octosporella, 30 species of Myxosporea, and 9 species of Ciliata. Fifteen new species are described: Goussia notropicum, Goussia notemigonica, Sphaerospora diminuta, Myxobolus heterolepis, Myxobolus lepomicus, Myxobolus paralintoni, Myxobolus gibbosus, Myxobolus wellerae, Myxobolus schuberti, Myxobolus pseudokoi, Myxobolus pellicdes, Thelohanellus oviformis, Myxobilatus semotilii, Trichodina opeongoensis, and Apiosoma triangularis. The relative distribution of the parasites and their prevalence in fish from the two lakes, and the global distribution of protozoan parasites of fish are discussed.

Trichodina algonquinensis, a new species of peritrich ciliate from Ontario freshwater fish, and observations on its transmission

1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 1159-1164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lianxiang Li ◽  
Sherwin S. Desser
Keyword(s):  
Perca Flavescens ◽  
Lateral View ◽  
The Body ◽  
Semotilus Atromaculatus ◽  
Mean Diameter ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Golden Shiners ◽  
Creek Chub ◽  
A New Species

Trichodina algonquinensis n. sp. is described from the urinary bladder and ureters of the perch (Perca flavescens) and the common shiner (Notropis cornutus) from Lake Sasajewun, Algonquin Park, Ontario. The ciliate is hat shaped, flattened, and ellipsoidal in lateral view. The mean diameter of the oral portion of the body is 88.4 μm (58.5–123.5 μm; n = 21) and of the adhesive disc, 54.9 μm (42.9–57.2 μm; n = 30). It has 38 (35–42; n = 17) denticles, a horseshoe-shaped macronucleus, a round to ovoid micronucleus situated near the end of one arm of the macronucleus, and the oral groove spiral is 540°. Experiments indicate that in aquaria the ciliate is readily transmitted from perch to common shiners and golden shiners (Notemigonus crysoleucas) but not to creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus).

scholarly journals Limited evidence of a genetic basis for sex determination in the common creek chub, Semotilus atromaculatus

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda V. Meuser ◽  
Cassandre B. Pyne ◽  
Elizabeth G. Mandeville
Keyword(s):  
Sex Determination ◽  
Genetic Basis ◽  
Genotyping By Sequencing ◽  
Semotilus Atromaculatus ◽  
Evolutionary Diversification ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Common ◽  
Creek Chub ◽  
Determination Mechanism ◽  
Insight Into

1AbstractSexual reproduction is almost universal in the animal kingdom; therefore, each species must have a mechanism for designating sex as male or female. Fish especially have a wide range of sex determining systems. While incompatible systems are thought to increase reproductive isolation, interspecific hybridization is common among groups such as cyprinid minnows, thus, studies such as this can provide insight into hybridization and evolutionary diversification of this clade. In the present study, we aimed to identify a genetic basis for sex determination in the common creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus) using genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) data. No sex-associated markers were found by RADSex or a GWAS using GEMMA, however, our Weir and Cockerham locus-specific FST analysis and discriminant analysis of principal components revealed some genetic differentiation between the sexes at several loci. While no explicit sex determination mechanism has been yet discovered in creek chub, these loci are potential candidates for future studies. This study also highlights technical challenges involved in studying sex determination in species with extremely variable mechanisms.

scholarly journals LOCALIZATION OF UROMUCOID IN HUMAN KIDNEY AND IN SECTIONS OF HUMAN KIDNEY STONE WITH THE FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE

1965 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. KEUTEL
Keyword(s):  
Kidney Stones ◽  
Kidney Stone ◽  
Fluorescent Antibody ◽  
Human Kidney ◽  
Fluorescent Antibody Technique ◽  
Renal Tubules ◽  
Antibody Technique ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Normal Human ◽  
The Common

Fluorescent labeled antibodies were used for the demonstration of uromucoid. This urine specific mucoprotein is demonstrably present only in the epithelial cells of the proximal segments of the normal human renal tubules and in the matrix of human kidney stones of all the common crystalline compositions.

Mechanisms responsible for the niche shift of brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis Mitchill, when living sympatrically with creek chub, Semotilus atromaculatus Mitchill

1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (8) ◽  
pp. 1548-1555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Magnan ◽  
Gérard J. FitzGerald
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Salvelinus Fontinalis ◽  
Niche Shift ◽  
Intraspecific Aggression ◽  
Brook Charr ◽  
Semotilus Atromaculatus ◽  
High Level ◽  
Gill Raker ◽  
Creek Chub ◽  
Study Laboratory

When brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis Mitchill, are in allopatry in oligotrophic Québec lakes, they feed largely on macrobenthic invertebrates. However, when brook charr cooccur with creek chub, Semotilus atromaculatus Mitchill, they feed largely on zooplankton. In the present study, laboratory experiments showed that creek chub were more effective than brook charr in searching for hidden, patchily distributed prey. The searching efficiency of an individual chub feeding in a group was improved through social facilitation. In contrast, the high level of intraspecific aggression observed in brook charr prevents the formation of such feeding groups. In the laboratory, brook charr were able to displace creek chub from the food source because of interspecific aggression. Data are presented showing that chub are morphologically better adapted than charr to feed on benthos (subterminal orientation of the mouth and protrusible premaxillae), while the charr are better adapted than chub to feed on zooplankton (gill raker structure). Differences in feeding behaviour, morphology, and relative abundance between these species appear to be important in the observed niche shift of brook charr in nature.

Renal reabsorption of amino acids

1962 ◽  
Vol 203 (5) ◽  
pp. 891-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Ruszkowski ◽  
Cizesław Arasimowicz ◽  
Jan Knapowski ◽  
Jan Steffen ◽  
Krystyna Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Transport Mechanism ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Proximal Segment ◽  
Renal Tubules ◽  
Basic Amino Acids ◽  
Tubular Transport ◽  
The Common ◽  
Stop Flow

Using the method of stop flow analysis an attempt was made to localize the process of amino acid reabsorption in the nephron of the dog. Special attention was given to the group of basic amino acids and cystine believed to share a common tubular transport mechanism. The evidence obtained in this study points clearly to the proximal segment as the site of intensive reabsorption of all amino acids investigated. During the infusion of arginine, lysine or ornithine, an increased excretion of two remaining basic amino acids plus cystine was observed, as a rule. Successful attempts were made to infuse cystine intravenously. The results of these experiments did provide the missing link for the hypothesis derived by Dent and Rose ( Quart. J. Med. 20: 205, 1951) concerning the common transport mechanism of arginine, ornithine, lysine, and cystine in the renal tubules. The functional cystinuria, which can be induced by saturating the common reabsorptive pathway with each of the above-mentioned amino acids, is fully reversible.

scholarly journals Multiple areas of acute vision in two freshwater teleosts, the creek chub, Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill) and the cutlips minnow, Exoglossum maxillingua (Lesueur)

1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 721-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaun P. Collin ◽  
M. Ather Ali
Keyword(s):  
Ganglion Cell ◽  
Ganglion Cell Layer ◽  
Cell Layer ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
Retinal Ganglion ◽  
Semotilus Atromaculatus ◽  
Upper Limits ◽  
Close Phylogenetic Relationship ◽  
Creek Chub ◽  
Freshwater Teleosts

The topography of Nissl-stained cells within the retinal ganglion cell layer is examined in two closely related freshwater teleosts from the family Cyprinidae. Regardless of the close phylogenetic relationship and the sympatric habitats of the two species, pronounced differences in the number and position of areas of increased cell density are observed in their retinae. in the creek chub, Semotilus atromaculatus, a midwater crepuscular feeder, three retinal specializations or areae centrales are identified in the dorsonasal, nasal, and temporal regions of the retina. In the cutlips minnow, Exoglossum maxillingua, a benthic diurnal feeder, two areae centrales are identified in temporal and nasal retina. The upper limits of the spatial resolving power of each species are calculated from the spacing of cells within the ganglion cell layer. Differences in the arrangement of isodensity contours appear to reflect the symmetry of each species' visual environment. The development and significance of up to three visually acute zones are discussed.

Growth, maturation, and apparent and absolute fecundity of creek chub, Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill), in the Kawartha Lakes Region, Ontario

1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 843-846 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. Powles ◽  
Douglas Parker ◽  
Ronald Reid
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Semotilus Atromaculatus ◽  
Absolute Fecundity ◽  
Weight Relationship ◽  
Creek Chub

No difference in growth rate occurred between two study streams, but male creek chub grew more rapidly than females, to a maximum reached at 7 years of age. Walfords were as follows: y = 4.8 TL + 0.810x, females; y = 3.5 TL + 0.792x, males. The length–weight relationship, W = −3.609 + 2.925 log L (TL), derived in the fall, was, as expected, somewhat below the spring relationship from an Illinois study. Kawartha creek chub M50 values were 6.0 TL ± 0.83 cm (males) and 6.54 ± 0.18 cm (females). Relative or apparent fecundity (fall egg count) was F = 71.9 + 136W and total or absolute fecundity (just before spawning) was virtually similar to other areas at F = 61.6 + 91.8W.

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