112700

Isolation and Molecular Identification of Aspergillus species from Cultured Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Microbiology

Abstract

The present study was carried out on 120 examined cultured Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (O. niloticus) (80 diseased fish and 40 apparently healthy) were collected alive from private fish farms at Kafr El Sheikh Governorates from April to October 2018. Grossly, examined diseased O. niloticus revealed eroded fins, redness on the skin, congested protruded anal opening and sometimes darkness on skin, ulcers with different sizes, and eye turbidity especially in fish naturally infected with Aspergillus, Fusarium and Pencillium. Mycological examination revealed isolation of 7 Genera of fungi from total incidence of 300 fungal isolates; 240 fungal isolates from diseased O. niloticus and 60 isolates from apparently healthy one. Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus niger were the most predominant fungi isolated from either apparently healthy or even diseased one mainly from internal organs. Molecular identification was performed using inter-transcriped spacer (ITS) gene for A. flavus and A. niger. Developed PCR assay specific primer detect A. flavus and A. niger showing clear bands at 595 and 600 bp molecular weight, respectively.

DOI

10.21608/bvmj.2020.27514.1198

Keywords

Asperigillus, identification, Oreochromis niloticus, PCR

Authors

First Name

Ashraf

Last Name

Abd El Tawab

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Bacteriology, Immunology and Mycology Dep., Fac. of Vet. Med., Benha Univ.

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ashrafabdeltawab@yahoo.com

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First Name

Fatma

Last Name

Elhofy

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Bacteriology, Immunology, and Mycology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Egypt

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fatmaelhofy@yahoo.com

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First Name

Eman

Last Name

Moustafa Moustafa

MiddleName

Moustafa

Affiliation

Egypt, Kafr El-Sheikh University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fish Diseases and Management Department

Email

emantarek2002@yahoo.com

City

Kafr El-Sheikh

Orcid

0000-0002-7788-8533

First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Halawa

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Affiliation

Central Diagnostic and Research Lab Fac. Vet. Med. Kafrelsheikh Univ., Egypt

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drmarwahalawa@yahoo.com

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Volume

38

Article Issue

2

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17021

Issue Date

2020-09-01

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2020-04-08

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2020-09-01

Page Start

136

Page End

140

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1110-6581

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812

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Benha Veterinary Medical Journal

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https://bvmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Isolation and Molecular Identification of Aspergillus species from Cultured Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

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22 Jan 2023