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Third lineage of rodent eimerians: morphology, phylogeny and re-description of Eimeria myoxi (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Eliomys quercinus (Rodentia: Gliridae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2011

JANA KVIČEROVÁ ,
VÁCLAV MIKEŠ  and
VÁCLAV HYPŠA
JANA KVIČEROVÁ*
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic Biological Centre, Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
VÁCLAV MIKEŠ
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
VÁCLAV HYPŠA
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic Biological Centre, Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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*Corresponding author: Biological Centre, Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, České Budějovice; Czech Republic. Tel: +420 38 7775448. Fax: +420 38 5310388. E-mail: janaq@centrum.cz
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Summary

Coccidian oocysts from feces of 46 individuals of the garden dormouse, Eliomys quercinus (Rodentia: Gliridae), were morphologically and molecularly characterized. Both morphological and sequence data (18S rDNA and ORF 470) showed low variability, indicating that all samples represent a single species. By comparison with published morphological descriptions of coccidia from glirid rodents, we determined that the samples represent Eimeria myoxi. Molecular data suggest that this species does not fall within the 2 known rodent-specific groups but branches as a third independent lineage. However, its exact position in respect to other eimerian clusters could not be established due to the lack of phylogenetic information at this taxonomic level for the 18S rRNA and ORF 470 genes. Based on these results, we provide a re-description of Eimeria myoxi, which contains morphological and molecular characteristics sufficient for its further unequivocal identification.

Keywords

coccidiaEimeriidaerodentsgarden dormouse18S rDNAORF 470oocyst morphologyoocyst residuumphylogenetic analysis

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Parasitology , Volume 138 , Issue 10 , September 2011 , pp. 1217 - 1223
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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