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- Title
Sarcocystis tuagulusi, n.sp. (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae) from Williamson's mouse deer ( Tuagulus williamsoni) (Artiodactyla:Tragulidae).
- Authors
Hu, Jun; Huang, Si; Chen, Ming; Wen, Tao; Esch, Gerald; Liu, Qiong; Liu, Ting
- Abstract
Numerous species of Sarcocystis have been reported from wild ruminants, but none has been from Williamson's mouse deer ( Tuagulus williamsoni). Here, we describe a new species, Sarcocystis tuagulusi, infecting five of 12 Williamson's mouse deer from southwest China. Mature sarcocysts are microscopic, up to 2280-μm long. The sarcocyst wall had 8.2-μm long villar protrusions, type 24. Using transmission electron microscopy, the protrusions on sarcocysts appeared as elongated, lancet- or leaf-like shapes in longitudinal sections; in contrast, the cross-sections revealed mushroom-shaped protrusions. In the core of the protrusion, a bundle of microtubules penetrated diagonally into a ground substance along the longitudinal axis. A phyogenetic analysis based on 18S rRNA and cox1 sequences suggested S. tuagulusi is closely related to Sarcocystis species from ruminants that employ felids as definitive hosts.
- Subjects
SARCOCYSTIS; CHEVROTAINS; RUMINANTS; TRANSMISSION electron microscopy; RIBOSOMAL RNA
- Publication
Parasitology Research, 2016, Vol 115, Issue 3, p1325
- ISSN
0932-0113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00436-015-4869-1