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Lenka Zídková1, Ivan Cepicka, Jan Votypka, Milena Svobodová.
Abstract
Monoxenous trypanosomatid Herpetomonas trimorpha sp. nov. was isolated from the digestive tract of the biting midge Culicoides truncorum (Ceratopogonidae, Diptera). This species forms three distinct morphotypes in culture: the microflagellate promastigote, the small promastigote and the long promastigote. The last form is unique for the newly described species. Phylogenetic analyses of SSU rRNA and glycosomal glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase genes showed that H. trimorpha sp. nov. is the closest relative of Herpetomonas ztiplika, another monoxenous trypanosomatid isolated from biting midges. However, morphological and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analyses confirmed that H. trimorpha sp. nov. is distinct from H. ztiplika.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19819998 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.014555-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Syst Evol Microbiol ISSN: 1466-5026 Impact factor: 2.747