Abstract

동해안에서 어획된 청자갈치 (Bothrocara hollandi)의 체측 근육에 유백색의 불투명한 시스트를 형성하고 있는 점액포자충이 발견되었다. 시스트를 마쇄하여 광학현미경으로 관찰해본 결과, 원형에 가까운 점액포자충의 성숙 포자가 관찰되었다. 성숙 포자의 평균 길이는 <TEX>$11.9(11.0{\sim}13.5){\mu}m$</TEX>, 평균 폭은 <TEX>$11.6(10.7{\sim}13.6){\mu}m$</TEX>, 평균 두께는 <TEX>$7.8(6.9{\sim}8.8){\mu}m$</TEX>이었다. 극낭의 평균 길이는 <TEX>$4.4(3.2{\sim}5.3){\mu}m$</TEX>이었으며, 평균 폭은 평균 <TEX>$3.3(2.4{\sim}4.2){\mu}m$</TEX>이었다. 감염숙주와 성숙포자의 형태학적 특징, 각 부위의 측정값으로부터 본 연구에서 발견된 점액포자충은 Myxobolus aeglefini Auerbach 1906으로 동정하였다. 또한 18S rDNA sequences를 이용한 계통분석 결과 M. albi와 M. groenlandicus와 같은 분지에 속하는 것이 확인되었으며 각각 97.7%와 96.9%의 상동성을 나타내었다. A specimen of porous-head eelpout Bothrocara hollandi (Zoarcidae: Perciformes) caught from the East Sea was found to harbour a myxosporean parasite. Numerous whitish pseudocysts were scattered throughout the body musculature of this individual specimen. Fresh myxosporean spores were found from the squashed pseudocysts under light microscopy. They were subspherical in frontal view with a length of <TEX>$11.9(11.0{\sim}13.5){\mu}m$</TEX>, width of <TEX>$11.6(10.7{\sim}13.6){\mu}m$</TEX>, and thickness of <TEX>$7.8(6.9{\sim}8.8){\mu}m$</TEX>. Two polar capsules were almost equally pyriform with a length of <TEX>$4.4(3.2{\sim}5.3){\mu}m$</TEX> and width of <TEX>$3.3(2.4{\sim}4.2){\mu}m$</TEX>. Morphometric and host ecology analysis revealed that this myxosporean parasite could be identified as Myxobolus aeglefini Auerbach 1906. Phylogenetic analysis based on 18S rDNA sequences also revealed that M. aeglefini was clustered with M. albi and M. groenlandicus in the same branch, sharing 97.7% and 96.9% sequence similarities with M. albi and M. groenlandicus, respectively.

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