Spironucleus salmonicida
| Spironucleus salmonicida | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Metamonada |
| Order: | Diplomonadida |
| Family: | Hexamitidae |
| Genus: | Spironucleus |
| Species: | S. salmonicida
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| Binomial name | |
| Spironucleus salmonicida | |
Spironucleus salmonicida is a
aquarium fish. In the late 1980s when the disease was first reported, it was believed to be caused by Spironucleus barkhanus
. Anders Jørgensen was the person that found out what species really caused the disease.
There is a distinct lack of
Giardia intestinalis, researchers were able to see that the parasite has a more complex gene regulation system. This system of genetic modification was also used to sequence the genome for further study.[3]
Spironucleus salmonicida contains mitochondrion-related organelles (MROs). MROS identified in S. salmonicida contained similar protein import and Fe-S machinery as in Giardia mitosomes and the MROS contained enzyme characteristics similar to hydrogenosomes, thereby affirming that hydrogen production is prevalent in the genus Spironucleus. Hydrogenosomes produce ATP by substrate-level phosphorylation with hydrogen as a byproduct.[4]
References
Further reading
Jerlstrom-Hultqvist, J., Einarsson, E. & Svard, S. G. Stable transfection of the diplomonad parasite Spironucleus salmonicida. Eukaryot. Cell 11, 1353-1361 (2012).