Prevalence, molecular identification and genotyping of the crayfish plague pathogen, Aphanomyces astaci in major narrow-clawed crayfish (Pontastacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823) populations from Türkiye
06 nov 2024
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Publicado en línea: 06 nov 2024
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Recibido: 07 may 2024
Aceptado: 08 oct 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2024-0061
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The prevalence of the crayfish plague pathogen Aphanomyces astaci in samples of Turkish crayfish populations from 41 locations
Sampling station | Latitude (N) | Longitude (E) | Sampling date | n | Symptomatic crayfish | PCR-positive crayfish | Symptomatic crayfish (%) | PCR-positive crayfish (%) |
1 Altınyazı reservoir | 41°04′45.48″ | 26°35′16.08″ | 27/09/2016 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
2 Apa reservoir | 37°21′34.92″ | 32°32′43.44″ | 18/08/2016 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 5 |
3 Lake Apolyont | 40°08′55.98″ | 28°36′53.32″ | 14/08/2015 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 10 |
4 Arpaçay reservoir | 40°37′09.38″ | 43°41′37.67″ | 26/08/2016 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 15 |
5 Lakes Bafra and Balık | 41°34′26.34″ | 36°04′49.91″ | 7/06/2016 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 30 |
6 Lake Bayramşah | 41°07′31.66″ | 27°11′57.34″ | 18/04/2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 Lake Beyşehi | 37°46′20.64″ | 31°31′16.36″ | 11/11/2016 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 40 |
8 Bıyıkali reservoir | 41°00′26.23″ | 27°23′30.33″ | 18/04/2016 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 5 |
9 Lake Çavuşçu | 38°21′02.00″ | 31°52′37.00″ | 18/08/2016 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 |
10 Lake Çıldır | 41°03′28.77″ | 43°12′41.70″ | 26/08/2016 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 5 |
11 Lake Eğirdir | 38°01′25.52″ | 30°52′22.30″ | 26/10/2015 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 42.9 |
12 Gelingüllü reservoir | 39°36′33.84″ | 35°02′37.32″ | 18/12/2015 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 75 | 5 |
13 Lake Gölmarmara | 38°37′17.76″ | 28°01′49.15″ | 12/01/2016 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
14 Hirfanlı reservoir | 39°11′58.37″ | 33°33′01.47″ | 18/08/2016 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 5 |
15 Lake Işıklı | 38°14′07.70″ | 29°53′35.13″ | 28/08/2015 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 55 |
16 Lake İznik | 40°26′59.71″ | 29°32′02.30″ | 31/08/2016 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 26.1 | 34.8 |
17 Kadıköy reservoir | 40°47′39.87″ | 26°46′28.57″ | 27/09/2016 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 20 |
18 Karababa reservoir | 41°12′41.35″ | 27°02′56.03″ | 18/04/2016 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 |
19 Karacakılavuz reservoir | 41°06′52.31″ | 27°21′39.29″ | 8/08/2015 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
20 Karaidemir reservoir | 40°57′21.47″ | 27°00′38.23″ | 8/08/2015 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
21 Karamanlı reservoir | 37°23′59.50″ | 29°50′12.04″ | 30/09/2016 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 5 |
22 Lake Karataş | 37°23′11.35″ | 29°58′05.78″ | 3/09/2015 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 |
23 Lake Karpuzlu | 40°49′11.88″ | 26°18′28.67″ | 2/09/2015 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10 |
24 Keban reservoir | 38°48′08.03″ | 38°43′45.74″ | 10/11/2015 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 50 | 5 |
25 Mamasın reservoir | 38°24′06.07″ | 34°07′55.84″ | 13/07/2016 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5 |
26 Lake Manyas | 40°12′10.56″ | 27°56′53.99″ | 14/08/2015 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
27 Porsuk reservoir | 39°38′07.80″ | 30°16′45.84″ | 17.06.2015 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 70 | 0 |
28 Lake Poyrazlar | 40°50′18.01″ | 30°28′01.87″ | 14.08.2015 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 6.7 | 26.7 |
29 Lake Sera | 40°59′10.85″ | 39°36′55.41″ | 10.11.2015 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 30 |
30 Seyhan reservoir | 37°02′24.00″ | 35°19′55.00″ | 1.11.2016 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 5 |
31 Lake Gölhisar | 37°06′51.19″ | 29°36′02.34″ | 16.03.2016 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 5 |
32 Yenice reservoir | 39°56′21.01″ | 27°12′50.26″ | 22.04.2016 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13.3 | 0 |
33 Lake Yeniçağa | 40°46′51.95″ | 32°01′22.14″ | 10.10.2016 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 15 |
34 Durusu reservoir | 41°20′00.00″ | 28°34′00.00″ | 15.09.2015 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 |
35 Lake Suğla | 37°20′15.00″ | 32°01′56.00″ | 22.10.2015 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 35 |
36 Lake Taşkısığı | 40°52′07.00″ | 30°24′12.00″ | 10.10.2016 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 13.6 | 68.2 |
37 Lake Gölcük | 38°18′45.25″ | 28°01′43.88″ | 28.10.2015 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 35 |
38 Hanoğlu reservoir | 41°11′24.19″ | 27°22′08.37″ | 2.11.2016 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 40 |
39 Atikhisar reservoir | 40°07′26.04″ | 26°31′24.24″ | 30.10.2016 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 20 |
40 Lake Bostancılar | 41°27′04.56″ | 32°56′59.07″ | 11.10.2016 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 |
41 Lake Aktaş | 41°13′00.06″ | 43°12′56.87″ | 12.11.2016 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 20 |
x = 23.6 | x = 16.5 |
Crayfish samples from which Aphanomyces astaci was isolated and genotyped by multi-locus microsatellite analysis and compared to reference strains
Locations of examined crayfish | Allele sizes of amplified microsatellite loci | ||||||||
Aast2 | Aast4 | Aast6 | Aast7 | Aast9 | Aast10 | Aast12 | Aast13 | Genotypes | |
Genotype A |
160 | 103 | 157 | 205 | 179 | 142 | 226/240 | 194 | A |
Genotype B |
142 | 87 | 148 | 214 | 164/182 | 132/134 | 226/240 | 202 | B |
Eğirdir Lake | 143 | 87 | 148 | 211 | 164/182 | 134 | 226/241 | 194 | B |
Karababa reservoir | 159 | 87 | 158 | 214 | 164/182 | 132 | 226/241 | 194 | B |
Karaidemir reservoir | 142 | 87 | 148 | 211 | 163/185 | 134 | 226/240 | 194 | B |
Mamasın reservoir | 142 | 87 | 148 | 211 | 164/183 | 134 | 226/240 | 194 | B |
Lake Suğla | 158 | 101 | 158 | 211 | 180 | 142 | 226/240 | 194 | A |
Hanoğlu reservoir | 142 | 87 | 148 | 214 | 164/181 | 132 | 226/240 | 194/202 | B |
Atikhisar reservoir | 142 | 87 | 149/158 | 211 | 164/183 | 134 | 226/240 | 194 | B |
PCR detection of Aphanomyces astaci from various crayfish tissue
Sample type | Tissue type | n | Number of PCR-positive samples | Detection rate (%) |
Symptomatic specimens | Telson | 20 | 10 | 50 |
Abdominal cuticle | 20 | 12 | 60 | |
Melanised cuticle | 20 | 8 | 40 | |
Asymptomatic specimens | Telson | 20 | 1 | 5 |
Abdominal cuticle | 20 | 2 | 10 |