Morphological and molecular phylogenetic characterization of Sarcocystis kani sp. nov. and other novel, closely related Sarcocystis spp. infecting small mammals and colubrid snakes in Asia.

ABSTRACT: We investigated the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of novel and previously recognized Sarcocystis spp. infecting small mammals and colubrid snakes in Asia. The nuclear 18S rRNA and mitochondrial cox1 of Sarcocystis sp.1 from mangrove snakes (Boiga dendrophila) in Thailand and Sarcocystis sp.2 from a ricefield rat (Rattus argentiventer) in Sumatra were partially sequenced. Sporocysts of Sarcocystis sp.1 induced development of sarcocysts in experimentally infected rats, which showed a unique ultrastructure that was observed previously by S.P. Kan in rats from Malaysia; therefore, we describe this species as Sarcocystis kani sp. nov. Its integration into the 18S rRNA phylogeny of Sarcocystis spp. cycling b

SUBMITTER: Jakel T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10615900 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature