Abstract
There have been several significant new findings regarding Microsporidia of fishes over the last decade. Here we provide an update on new taxa, new hosts and new diseases in captive and wild fishes since 2013. The importance of microsporidiosis continues to increase with the rapid growth of finfish aquaculture and the dramatic increase in the use of zebrafish as a model in biomedical research. In addition to reviewing new taxa and microsporidian diseases, we include discussions on advances with diagnostic methods, impacts of microsporidia on fish beyond morbidity and mortality, novel findings with transmission and invertebrate hosts, and a summary of the phylogenetics of fish microsporidia.
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Schuster, C.J., Sanders, J.L., Couch, C., Kent, M.L. (2022). Recent Advances with Fish Microsporidia. In: Weiss, L.M., Reinke, A.W. (eds) Microsporidia. Experientia Supplementum, vol 114. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93306-7_11
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