Advances in Microsporidiolog
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Parasitology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 10643
Special Issue Editor
Interests: microsporidia; host range; virulence; molecular diagnostics; microbial pest control; mixed infections; integrated pest management; mass production
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Dear Colleagues,
Microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites which are being increasingly recognized as 21st century parasites due to their immense yet underestimated diversity, ubiquitous distribution as animal pathogens, and intimate interactions with host cells. They represent a unique model of a minimal eukaryotic cell with reduced functions and contracted genome, as well as an evolutionary conundrum and a taxonomic stumbling block for generations of biologists. As pathogens of harmful arthropods, be that agricultural and forest pests or disease vectors, Microsporidia are drawing attention as biocontrol agents, but should be treated with care considering their dangerous ability to switch between invertebrate and vertebrate hosts. As agents of microsporidiosis in beneficial arthropods, fishes, mammals and humans, Microsporidia require thoughtful examination from the standpoint of diagnostics, prophylaxis and treatment. After the 150 years of history of scientific research on microsporidia and microsporidiosis, we consider microsporidiology as a distinct field of biology, where classical studies of the parasite and the disease it incurs are supplemented by high-throughput approaches of cell and molecular biology and biotechnology.
Dr. Yuri S. Tokarev
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microsporidia
- microsporidiosis
- biodiversity
- taxonomy
- molecular phylogeny and evolution
- intracellular parasitism
- microbial pest control
- diagnostics
- metabarcoding
- disease prevention and treatment