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Myxospoidia (a cause of so-called jelly meat)
Characteristics of Myxosporidia
Color | White |
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Size | Sizes from a rice grain to an azuki bean (small red bean) |
Parasitize targets | Scattering in muscle. |
Characteristics |
Part of fish muscle sometimes becomes a jellied meat state. |
Impacts on human
Kudoa septempunctata causes food poisoning but the other Myxospoidia produce no impact on human.
As a result of future researches, however, many more Myxospoidia of the Kudoa species that cause food poisoning cases may be found.
Major seafood hosts
Figure: Cysts of Myxosporidia parasitizing muscle of big-eyed tuna (Cyst: A bag containing spores) |