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.
University of Pisa, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-6232-3775
University of Pisa, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-7080-8369
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale, Italy
University of Bologna, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-5878-1159
University of Pisa, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-1710-9929
ARPAT, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-7322-1985
University of Pisa, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-8228-0258
Chapter Title
Isolation and molecular characterization of Fusarium species (Fungi, Ascomycota) from unhatched eggs of Caretta caretta in Tuscany (Italy)
Authors
Samuele Risoli, Sabrina Sarrocco, Giuliana Terracciano, Riccardo Baroncelli, Marco Alberto Luca Zuffi, Cecilia Mancusi, Cristina Nali
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1.71
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Publication Year
2022
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Book Title
Ninth International Symposium “Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques”
Book Subtitle
Livorno (Italy) 14th-16th June 2022
Editors
Laura Bonora, Donatella Carboni, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2022
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© 2022 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0030-1
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0030-1
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-0031-8
Series Title
Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
Series ISSN
2975-0423
Series E-ISSN
2975-0288