This book provides an up-to-date review of the biology of myxozoans, which represent a divergent clade of endoparasitic cnidarians. Myxozoans are of fundamental interest in understanding how early diverging metazoans have adopted parasitic lifestyles, and are also of considerable economic and ecological concern as endoparasites of fish. Synthesizing recent research, the chapters explore issues such as myxozoan origins; evolutionary trends and diversification; development and life cycles; interactions with hosts; immunology; disease ecology; the impacts of climate change on disease; risk assessment; emerging diseases; and disease mitigation. This comprehensive work will appeal to a wide readership, from invertebrate zoologists, evolutionary biologists and developmental biologists to ecologists and parasitologists. It will also be of great practical interest to fisheries and conservation biologists. The identification of key areas for future research will appeal to scientists at all
levels.
Contents1 An introduction to myxozoan evolution, ecology and developmentBeth Okamura, Alexander Gruhl, Jerri L. BartholomewPart I: Origins, Evolutionary Trends and Diversification2 Myxozoan affinities and route to endoparasitismBeth Okamura and Alexander Gruhl3 Cnidarian origins of the MyxozoaBeth Okamura, Alexander Gruhl and Abigail J. Reft4 Adaptive radiation and evolution within the MyxozoaIvan Fiala, Pavla Barto ovį-Sojkovį, Beth Okamura, Hanna Hartikainen5 Classification and phylogenetics of MyxozoaIvan Fiala, Pavla Barto ovį-Sojkovį, Christopher M. Whipps6 Approaches for characterizing myxozoan speciesStephen D. Atkinson, Pavla Barto ovį-Sojkovį, Christopher M. Whipps, Jerri L. Bartholomew7 Myxozoans exploiting homeothermsSascha L. Hallett, Stephen D. Atkinson, Jerri L. Bartholomew, Csaba SzékelyPart II: Development and Life Cycles8 Cellular processes in myxozoansStephen W. Feist, David J. Morris, Gema Alama-Bermejo and Astrid S. Holzer9
Tissue characteristics and development in MyxozoaAlexander Gruhl and Beth Okamura10 Myxozoan life cycles: practical approaches and insightsEdit Eszterbauer, Stephen Atkinson, Arik Diamant, David Morris, Mansour El-Matbouli, Hanna HartikainenPart III: Host-Parasite Interactions11 Ecology and evolution of malacosporean-bryozoan interactionsHanna Hartikainen and Beth Okamura12 Annelid-myxosporean interactionsJulie D. Alexander, Billie L Kerans, Mansour El-Matbouli, Sascha L. Hallett and Lori Stevens13 Transmission of myxozoans to vertebrate hostsDennis M. Kallert, Daniel S. Grabner, Hiroshi Yokoyama, Mansour El-Matbouli, Edit Eszterbauer14 Fish immune responses to MyxozoaAriadna Sitją-Bobadilla, Heike Schmidt-Posthaus, Thomas Wahli, Jason W. Holland, Chris J. Secombes15 Host and environmental influences on development of diseaseHeike Schmidt-Posthaus, Thomas Wahli16 Specificity of infection sites in vertebrate hostsKįlmįn Molnįr and Edit Eszterbauer
Part IV: Disease Ecology17 Comparative epidemiology of myxozoan diseasesInźs Fontes, Sascha L. Hallett, and Tor Atle Mo18 Myxozoans on the move: dispersal modes, exotic species and emerging diseasesSascha L. Hallett, Ashlie Hartigan and Stephen D. Atkinson19 Modeling the effects of climate change on disease severity: A case study of Ceratonova (syn Ceratomyxa ) shasta in the Klamath RiverR. Adam Ray, Julie D. Alexander, Patrick De Leenheer and Jerri L. Bartholomew20 Risk assessments and approaches for evaluating myxozoan disease impactsJerri L. Bartholomew and Billie Kerans21 Mitigating myxozoan disease impacts on wild fish populationsSimon R.M. Jones, Jerri L. Bartholomew, Jin Yong Zhang
