The mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) as intermediate host for Sarcocystis wobeseri sp. nov. from the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)

Liuda Kutkiene; Petras Prakas; Aniolas Sruoga; Dalius Butkauskas

doi:10.1007/s00436-010-1945-4

The mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) as intermediate host for Sarcocystis wobeseri sp. nov. from the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)

Parasitol Res. 2010 Sep;107(4):879-88. doi: 10.1007/s00436-010-1945-4. Epub 2010 Jun 22.

Authors

Liuda Kutkiene¹, Petras Prakas, Aniolas Sruoga, Dalius Butkauskas

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania.

PMID: 20567986
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1945-4

Abstract

Morphometric and DNA investigation results of Sarcocystis wobeseri sp. nov. from the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) and Sarcocystis sp. (cyst type IV) from the mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) are presented. No significant morphometric differences between the investigated Sarcocystis species were found. ITS-1, 18S rRNA, and 28S rRNA gene sequences of these species showed 100% identity. The conclusion is drawn that it is one and the same Sarcocystis species in different intermediate hosts.

MeSH terms

Animals
Anseriformes / parasitology*
Bird Diseases / parasitology*
DNA, Protozoan / chemistry
DNA, Protozoan / genetics
DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
Molecular Sequence Data
RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / genetics
RNA, Ribosomal, 28S / genetics
Sarcocystis / classification*
Sarcocystis / cytology
Sarcocystis / genetics
Sarcocystis / isolation & purification*
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

Substances

DNA, Protozoan
DNA, Ribosomal
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
RNA, Ribosomal, 28S

Associated data

GENBANK/GQ922885
GENBANK/GQ922886
GENBANK/GQ922887
GENBANK/GQ922888
GENBANK/GU475111
GENBANK/GU475112