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A Sarcocystid Misidentified as Hepatozoon didelphydis: Molecular Data from a Parasitic Infection in the Blood of the Southern Mouse Opossum ( Thylamys elegans) from Chile.
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Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology . Nov2008, Vol. 55 Issue 6, p536-540. 5p. 3 Black and White Photographs, 1 Diagram, 1 Chart. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- The blood of 21 adult South American mouse opossums ( Thylamys elegans) captured from April through August of 2005 in central Chile was examined for parasites. Light microscopic analysis of blood smears initially suggested that a highly pleomorphic Hepatozoon species typical of American opossums was infecting erythrocytes. Unexpectedly, amplification by PCR and sequencing of a DNA fragment of the small subunit rDNA combined with phylogenetic analyses indicated that the parasite is not a member of the suborder Adeleorina, which includes the Haemogregarina and Hepatozoon species, but that it is a clearly distinct member of the suborder Eimeriorina, which includes the cyst-forming family Sarcocystidae. Therefore, a reclassification of this unusual intraerythrocytic apicomplexan will require additional life cycle, microscopic, and molecular analyses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PHYLOGENY
*MARMOSA
*L-form bacteria
*ERYTHROCYTES
*RECOMBINANT DNA
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10665234
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 35728687
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00358.x