Ichthyophonus hoferi

Ichthyophonus hoferi
Hyphas (or germ tubes) and schizonts of Ichthyophonus hoferi.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Holozoa
Class:	Ichthyosporea
Order:	Ichthyophonida
Family:	Ichthyophonidae
Genus:	Ichthyophonus
Species:	I. hoferi
Binomial name
Ichthyophonus hoferi Plehn & Mulsow 1911 [1]

Ichthyophonus hoferi is a single-celled protist that occupies a key phylogenetic position to understand the origin of animals. It has chitin cell wall, hyphae, and an amoeboid stage. It is a common parasite of marine and freshwater fishes. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

In fish, I. hoferi causes hemorrhages and fin and skin rot, destroys muscle, and induces ova to develop without spermatic fertilization through a toxin. ^[5]

References

1. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilungen I 59: 68 (1911)
2. Torruella, Guifré; de Mendoza, Alex; Grau-Bové, Xavier; Antó, Meritxell; Chaplin, Mark A.; del Campo, Javier; Eme, Laura; Pérez-Cordón, Gregorio; Whipps, Christopher M. (2015-09-21). "Phylogenomics Reveals Convergent Evolution of Lifestyles in Close Relatives of Animals and Fungi". Current Biology. 25 (18): 2404–2410. Bibcode:2015CBio...25.2404T. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.053 . PMID   26365255.
3. Mendoza, Leonel; Taylor, John W.; Ajello, Libero (2002). "The class mesomycetozoea: a heterogeneous group of microorganisms at the animal-fungal boundary". Annual Review of Microbiology. 56: 315–344. doi:10.1146/annurev.micro.56.012302.160950. ISSN   0066-4227. PMID   12142489.
4. Grau-Bové, Xavier; Torruella, Guifré; Donachie, Stuart; Suga, Hiroshi; Leonard, Guy; Richards, Thomas A.; Ruiz-Trillo, Iñaki (2017-07-20). "Dynamics of genomic innovation in the unicellular ancestry of animals". eLife. 6: e26036. doi: 10.7554/eLife.26036 . ISSN   2050-084X. PMC   5560861 . PMID   28726632.
5. Prasad, Aarathi (2012). Like a virgin: how science is redesigning the rules of sex. Richmond: Oneworld. p. 91. ISBN   978-1-85168-911-8.

External links

• Media related to Ichthyophonus hoferi at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Ichthyophonus hoferi at Wikispecies