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Diversity of Trypanosomatids in Cockroaches and the Description of Herpetomonas tarakana sp. n.
Author(s) -
Yurchenko Vyacheslav,
Kostygov Alexei,
Havlová Jolana,
GrybchukIeremenko Anastasiia,
Ševčíková Tereza,
Lukeš Julius,
Ševčík Jan,
Votýpka Jan
Publication year - 2015
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/jeu.12268
Subject(s) - biology , cockroach , subfamily , genus , zoology , evolutionary biology , ecology , genetics , gene
In this study, we surveyed six species of cockroaches, two synanthropic (i.e. ecologically associated with humans) and four wild, for intestinal trypanosomatid infections. Only the wild cockroach species were found to be infected, with flagellates of the genus Herpetomonas . Two distinct genotypes were documented, one of which was described as a new species, Herpetomonas tarakana sp. n. We also propose a revision of the genus Herpetomonas and creation of a new subfamily, Phytomonadinae, to include Herpetomonas , Phytomonas , and a newly described genus Lafontella n. gen. (type species Lafontella mariadeanei comb. n.), which can be distinguished from others by morphological and molecular traits.