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- Title
- Molecular characterization of Eimeria species in macropods
- Related
- Experimental parasitology, Vol. 132, Issue 2, (2012), p.216-221
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.07.003
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Date
- 2012
- Author/Creator
- Yang, Rongchang
- Author/Creator
- Fenwick, Stan
- Author/Creator
- Potter, Abbey
- Author/Creator
- Elliot, Aileen
- Author/Creator
- Power, Michelle
- Author/Creator
- Beveridge, Ian
- Author/Creator
- Ryan, Una
- Description
- A total of 597 faecal samples were collected from western grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus), Euros (M. robustus), red kangaroos (M. rufus) in Western Australia and Eastern Grey Kangaroos (M. giganteus) from Victoria and screened for the presence of Eimeria by PCR at the 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) locus. The overall prevalence was 24.3% (145/597). At the 18S rRNA locus, sequences were obtained for 25 of the 145 positives. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that all the macropod-derived Eimeria species grouped in a separate marsupial clade that included Eimeria trichosuri from brushtail possums. At least 6 different clades were identified within the marsupial isolates and many of the genotypes identified are likely to be valid species, however morphological and biological data need to be collected to match sequences to previously characterized Eimeria species or identify if they are new species.
- Description
- 6 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- 060500 Microbiology
- Subject Keyword
- 060800 Zoology
- Subject Keyword
- Eastern Grey Kangaroos
- Subject Keyword
- Eimeria
- Subject Keyword
- Euros
- Subject Keyword
- Genetic characterization
- Subject Keyword
- Phylogeny
- Subject Keyword
- Red kangaroos
- Subject Keyword
- Western grey kangaroos
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Department of Biological Sciences
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/200744
- Identifier
- mq:23487
- Identifier
- ISSN:0014-4894
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2011010756
- Identifier
- mq_res-ext-2-s2.0-84866344906
- Language
- eng
- Reviewed
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