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Infection of Chorthippus loratus (Orthoptera: Acrididae) with Liebermannia sp. (Microsporidia) in South‐Western Russia
Author(s) -
Ignatieva Anastasia N.,
Gerus Aleksei V.,
Senderskiy Igor V.,
Malysh Svetlana M.,
Dolzhenko Viktor I.,
Tokarev Yuri S.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of eukaryotic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 1066-5234
DOI - 10.1111/jeu.12699
Subject(s) - biology , acrididae , orthoptera , microsporidia , acridoidea , zoology , genus , fauna , ecology , botany , spore
Chorthippus loratus collected in Krasnodar Territory in 2017 was infected at 15% rate with a microsporidium possessing ovocylindrical binucleate spores, 2.6 × 1.2 μm in size. SSU RNA gene typing (Genbank accession # MH396491 ) showed its allocation to the genus Liebermannia . Degenerate primers based upon largest subunit RNA polymerase II ( RPB 1) sequences of closest relatives allowed amplifying the respective gene fragment of Liebermannia sp. (# MH396492 ). The present finding indicates worldwide distribution of the Liebermannia genus and parasitism in hosts with nonoverlapping geographic ranges (representing Neotropical versus Palearctic fauna), while previous observations were restricted to Acridoidea endemic for South America.