Henneguya zschokkei

Henneguya zschokkei
Henneguya zschokkei in salmon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Myxosporea
Order: Bivalvulida
Family: Myxobolidae
Genus: Henneguya
Species:
H. zschokkei
Binomial name
Henneguya zschokkei
(Gurley, 1894)
Synonyms[1]
  • Henneguya salminicola Ward, 1919

Henneguya zschokkei or Henneguya salminicola is a species of a myxosporean endoparasite. It afflicts several salmon in the genera Oncorhynchus and Salmo,[2][3] where it causes milky flesh or tapioca disease.[1] H. zschokkei is notable for its reliance on an exclusively anaerobic metabolism as well as its lack of mitochondria and mitochondrial DNA.[4] It is the only known multicellular animal that does not require oxygen to survive.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Henneguya salminicola". fishpathogens.net. Oregon State University. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Archived from the original on 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  2. ^ Ward, Henry B. (1919). "Notes on North American Myxosporidia". The Journal of Parasitology. 6 (2): 49–64. doi:10.2307/3270895. JSTOR 3270895. S2CID 88435361. Archived from the original on 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  3. ^ Greenwood, Veronique (28 February 2020). "This Parasite Doesn't Need Oxygen to Survive - But that's not the weirdest thing about this jellyfish cousin that turns up in the muscles of salmon". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
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  5. ^ "First Known Non-oxygen Breathing Animal".