Table 4. Summary of microsporidian parasite diversity in and microsporidian diversity and prevalence It should be A. pallipes P. leniusculus. noted that only dead individuals of were screened for parasites, and so prevalence cannot be estimated for this species. A. pallipes Parasite % similarity Genbank Accession numbers A. pallipes P. leniusculus 98-100% similarity to 12/12 17/52 AM261747, AM261750, Thelohania contejeani Thelohania isolates Tcc2PL, Tcc3PL, (AF492593 and AF492594) AM261751, AM261752, contejeani Tcc2AP and Tcc3AP AM261753 sp. isolate PLDH3 95% similarity to sp. Absent 1/52 AM261754 Vittaforma Microsporidium CRANFA (AJ966723) 93% similarity to Vittaforma-like parasite (AY375044) sp. isolate 97% similarity to Absent 1/52 AM261748 Bacillidium Bacillidium PLFB32 (AJ581995) vesiculoformis sp. isolate 75% similarity to Absent 1/52 AM261749 Microsporidium Bacillidium PLWB7A (AJ581995) vesiculoformis
Table 4. Summary of microsporidian parasite diversity in A. pallipes and microsporidian diversity and prevalence P. leniusculus. It should be noted that only dead individuals of A. pallipes were screened for parasites, and so prevalence cannot be estimated for this species. Parasite % similarity A. pallipes P. leniusculus Genbank Accession numbers Thelohania contejeani isolates Tcc2PL, Tcc3PL, Tcc2AP and Tcc3AP 98-100% similarity to Thelohania contejeani (AF492593 and AF492594) 12/12 17/52 AM261747, AM261750, AM261751, AM261752, AM261753 Vittaforma sp. isolate PLDH3 95% similarity to Microsporidium sp. CRANFA (AJ966723) 93% similarity to Vittaforma-like parasite (AY375044) Absent 1/52 AM261754 Bacillidium sp. isolate PLFB32 97% similarity to Bacillidium vesiculoformis (AJ581995) Absent 1/52 AM261748 Microsporidium sp. isolate PLWB7A 75% similarity to Bacillidium vesiculoformis (AJ581995) Absent 1/52 AM261749