| Literature DB >> 23201218 |
Rongchang Yang1, Belinda Brice, Mark D Bennett, Aileen Eliott, Una Ryan.
Abstract
A novel Eimeria sp. was identified in faeces collected from a King's skink (Egernia kingii) housed at the Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Western Australia. Oocysts measure 17.0×15.0 μm with a length/width ratio (L/W) of 1.13. Phylogenetic analysis of 18S rRNA sequences indicated that the novel Eimeria sp. shared the highest genetic similarity to Eimeria antrozoi and Eimeria rioarribaensis from vespertilionid bats from North America (≥98.9%). At the COI locus, bat-derived sequences were not available and phylogenetic analysis placed the novel Eimeria sp. in a clade by itself and shared 98.8% similarity with the rodent-derived species E. falciformis and E. vermiformis. This suggests that the isolate from the King's skink's faeces was probably derived from a mammal, possibly a rodent or a bat.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID： 23201218 DOI： 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.11.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Exp Parasitol ISSN： 0014-4894 Impact factor: 2.011