Chapter Isolation and molecular characterization of Fusarium species (Fungi, Ascomycota) from unhatched eggs of Caretta caretta in Tuscany (Italy)

• Main Author: Terracciano, Giuliana (auth)
• Other Authors: Risoli, Samuele (auth), Sarrocco, Sabrina (auth), Baroncelli, Riccardo (auth), Zuffi, Marco Alberto Luca (auth), Mancusi, Cecilia (auth), Nali, Cristina (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Florence Firenze University Press 2022
• Series: Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
• Subjects: The environment; Emerging infectious diseases; Sea Turtle Egg Fusariosis; Fusarium Solani Species Complex; Fusarium; Caretta caretta
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Summary

Caretta caretta is the only sea turtle species nesting along the Tuscan coastline, where nests are becoming more numerous and widespread, as well as the number of Sea Turtle Egg Fusariosis (STEF)-affected eggs. In this work, we analyzed eggs from natural nests of C. caretta that showed visual symptoms of STEF from Tuscan nests, with the aim to (i) isolate Fusarium spp. strains present in unhatched eggs, (ii) morphologically and molecularly characterize the isolated fungi and, finally, (iii) reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships between our isolates and those already known.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (9 p.)

ISBN

979-12-215-0030-1.71
9791221500301

Access

Open Access