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Guidelines for the Description of New Species of Lower Trypanosomatids 1
Author(s) -
WALLACE FRANKLIN G.,
CAMARGO E. PLESSMANN,
McGHEE R. BARCLAY,
ROITMAN ISAAC
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1983.tb02921.x
Subject(s) - biology , biochemistry , crithidia , kinetoplast , arginine , arginase , isozyme , ornithine , enzyme , evolutionary biology , botany , amino acid , protozoa , dna
Morphological, cultural, and biochemical criteria that have been used in describing lower trypanosomatids, genera Blastocrithidia, Crithidia, Leptomonas, Herpetomonas, Rhynchoidomonas , and Phytomonas are reviewed. Kinetoplast structure, carbohydrate utilization, electrophoretic mobilities of isoenzymes, and kDNA fingerprinting are among the recommended criteria for species differentiation. Temperature, pH, and osmolarity tolerance are useful growth parameters. Generic placement may be assisted by the determination of nitrogenous excretion products and ornithine‐arginine cycle enzymes.