Identifying Potential Hosts of Short-Branch Microsporidia

• Annemie Doliwa ^[1] ; Micah Dunthorn ^{[1] [1]} ; Erika Rassoshanska ^[1] ; Frédéric Mahé ^{[4] [2]} ; David Bass ^{[5] [6] [3]} ; Camila Duarte Ritter ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Duisburg-Essen

     University of Duisburg-Essen

     Kreisfreie Stadt Essen, Alemania

     
  2. [2] University of Montpellier

     University of Montpellier

     Arrondissement of Montpellier, Francia

     
  3. [3] University of Exeter

     University of Exeter

     Exeter District, Reino Unido

     
  4. [4] CIRAD, UMR BGPI, F-34398, Montpellier, France
  5. [5] Centre for Environment, Aquaculture and Fisheries Science (Cefas), Barrack Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 8UB, UK
  6. [6] Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK

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• Localización: Microbial ecology, ISSN-e 1432-184X, ISSN 0095-3628, Vol. 82, Nº. 2, 2021, págs. 549-553
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Microsporidia are obligate parasites that are closely related to Fungi. While the widely known “long-branch” Microsporidia infect mostly metazoans, the hosts of “short-branch” Microsporidia are only partially characterized or not known at all. Here, we used network analyses from Neotropical rainforest soil metabarcoding data, to infer co-occurrences between environmental lineages of short-branch microsporidians and their potential hosts. We found significant co-occurrences with several taxa, especially with Apicomplexa, Cercozoa, and Fungi, as well as some Metazoa. Our results are the first step to identify potential hosts of the environmental lineages of short-branch microsporidians, which can be targeted in future molecular and microscopic studies.