Diversity of Crenosoma species in mustelids with the first molecular characterization of C. melesi and C. petrowi.

ABSTRACT: Species of genus Crenosoma have a wide distribution and are reported in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Currently, the genus includes 14 nominal species, out of which 9 are parasitic in mustelids. Two species are mostly reported in mustelids from Europe, namely C. melesi and C. petrowi. Up to now, no genetic sequences are deposited in GenBank for any of the two. The aims of this study were to investigate the distribution, prevalence, and diversity of Crenosoma spp. infecting mustelids in Romania and to genetically characterize the species. Mustelids (n = 247) were collected over a period of 7 years from different locations in Romania and the respiratory tract was removed and examined for nematodes. Detected nematodes were morphologically identified and fr

SUBMITTER: Deak G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10150068 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature