Potentially toxic filamentous fungi associated to the economically important Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) scallop farmed in southeastern Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Marine biology
; Molluscs
; Muscle
; Public health
; Shellfish
; Tissue
; Brazil
; Filamentous fungi
; Health concerns
; Mollusks
; Scallop
; Fungi
; bivalve
; fungal disease
; fungus
; public health
; scallop culture
; shellfish
; toxic organism
; Article
; Aspergillus
; Brazil
; coastal waters
; controlled study
; environmental monitoring
; filamentous fungus
; fungal contamination
; fungus isolation
; Fusarium
; host pathogen interaction
; muscle tissue
; Nodipecten nodosus
; nonhuman
; Penicillium
; public health
; scallop
; species richness
; water pollution
; animal
; fungus
; isolation and purification
; microbiology
; pathogenicity
; scallop
; shellfish
; Brazil
; Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
; Aspergillus
; Fungi
; Fusarium
; Mollusca
; Nodipecten nodosus
; Pectinidae
; Penicillium
; Pestalotiopsis
; Animals
; Brazil
; Fungi
; Pectinidae
; Shellfish
Scopus学科分类:
Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Aquatic Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Oceanography
; Environmental Science: Pollution
英文摘要:
Numerous countries have been confronted with infectious diseases in mariculture activities, including fungi infections, although reports in scallops are scarce. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the occurrence of filamentous fungi in Nodipecten nodosus specimens from three marine farms in Southeastern Brazil. Eight fungi genera were observed in the branchial arches, intestine and muscle tissue of the scallop specimens. These include potentially toxin-producing species, such as Aspergillus, Penicillium and Fusarium. Their presence may lead to potential public health concerns, since all sampling sites showed the presence of fungi in all scallop organs, with special concern regarding edible muscle tissue. A significant number of species was observed at one of the study areas, which could indicate a previously unknown source of contamination, since increases in fungi species richness in polluted coastal waters have been reported. This is also, to the best of our knowledge, the first report of Pestalotiopsis in shellfish. � 2016 Elsevier Ltd
Funda��o Oswaldo Cruz, Laborat�rio de Bioqu�mica Experimental e Computacional de F�rmacos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ CEP, Brazil; Funda��o Oswaldo Cruz, Escola Nacional de Sa�de P�blica, Centro de Estudos da Sa�de do Trabalhador e Ecologia Humana, Rio de Janeiro, RJ CEP, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Programa de P�s-Gradua��o em Biodiversidade Neotropical, Rio de Janeiro, RJ CEP, Brazil; Departamento de Ci�ncias Biol�gicas, DCB/ENSP-FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Recommended Citation:
Santos A.,Hauser-Davis R.A.,Santos M.J.S.,et al. Potentially toxic filamentous fungi associated to the economically important Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) scallop farmed in southeastern Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[J]. Marine Pollution Bulletin,2017-01-01,115(2018-01-02)