Last of the Human Protists: The Phylogeny and Genetic Diversity of Iodamoeba | Zendy

Christen Rune Stensvold | Zendy; Marianne Lebbad | Zendy; C Graham Clark | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Last of the Human Protists: The Phylogeny and Genetic Diversity of Iodamoeba

Author(s) -

Christen Rune Stensvold,

Marianne Lebbad,

C Graham Clark

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

molecular biology and evolution

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.637

H-Index - 218

eISSN - 1537-1719

pISSN - 0737-4038

DOI - 10.1093/molbev/msr238

Subject(s) - biology , zoology , clade , phylogenetic tree , sister group , evolutionary biology , phylogenetics , protist , genetics , gene

Iodamoeba is the last genus of obligately parasitic human protist whose phylogenetic position is unknown. Iodamoeba small subunit ribosomal DNA sequences were obtained using samples from three host species, and phylogenetic analyses convincingly placed Iodamoeba as a sister taxon to Endolimax. This clade in turn branches among free-living amoeboflagellates of the genus Mastigamoeba. Two Iodamoeba ribosomal lineages (RL1 and RL2) were detected whose sequences differ by 31%, each of which is found in both human and nonhuman hosts.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research