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Two in vitro methods for screening potential parasiticides against Ichthyophthirius multifiliis using Tetrahymena thermophila
Author(s) -
Xu DH,
Zhang QZ,
Zhang D
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of fish diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-2761
pISSN - 0140-7775
DOI - 10.1111/jfd.12361
Subject(s) - ichthyophthirius multifiliis , tetrahymena , ciliate , biology , parasite hosting , protozoa , in vitro , malachite green , microbiology and biotechnology , fish <actinopterygii> , ecology , fishery , genetics , chemistry , organic chemistry , adsorption , world wide web , computer science
Ichthyophthirius multifiliis (Ich) is a ciliate parasite that infects many species of freshwater fishes worldwide and causes heavy economic losses in aquaculture. Currently, parasiticides for controlling this parasite are limited, and few pond‐practical chemical therapies exist. Hence, the search for new parasiticides is urgently needed. One challenge confronting the screening of potential parasiticides is the difficulty in raising enough parasite for efficacy testing as Ich is an obligate parasite. This study used species of Tetrahymena , Ich‐related and cultivable ciliate protozoa, to evaluate two in vitro methods to test parasiticides. Plate counting and MTS assays (CellTiter 96 ® AQ ueous Non‐Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay) were used to compare lethal concentrations or median lethal concentrations ( LC 50 ) of copper sulphate, formalin and malachite green between T. thermophila and Ich theronts or between T. thermophila and Ich tomonts. The parasiticides that killed T . thermophila have been demonstrated to kill theronts or tomonts. These in vitro methods using T. thermophila can be used to screen novel parasiticides against Ich.