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Distribution of the Entodiniomorphid Ciliate Troglocorys cava Tokiwa, Modrý, Ito, Pomajbíková, Petrželková, & Imai, [Pomajbíková, K., 2010], (Entodiniomorphida: Blepharocorythidae) in Wild and Captive Chimpanzees
Author(s) -
Pomajbíková Kateřina,
Petrželková Klára J.,
Petrášová Jana,
Profousová Ilona,
Kalousová Barbora,
Jirků Miloslav,
Sá Rui M.,
Modrý David
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of eukaryotic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 1066-5234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00586.x
Subject(s) - biology , zoology , ciliate , ecology
T rophozoites of T roglocorys cava were detected in all but one of the wild chimpanzee populations from R ubondo I sland ( T anzania), with a prevalence ranging between 20% and 78%. However, the ciliate was absent in all captive groups. Prevalence appeared to increase with the number of sequential samples taken from a particular individual and reached 95.5% in wild individuals sampled at least 4 times.