Morphological and molecular characterization and phylogenetic relationships of a new species of trypanosome in Tapirus terrestris (lowland tapir), Trypanosoma terrestris sp nov., from Atlantic Rainforest of southeastern Brazil

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorLima Acosta, Igor da Cunha
dc.creatorCosta, Andrea Pereira da
dc.creatorNunes, Pablo Henrique
dc.creatorNaegeli Gondim, Maria Fernanda
dc.creatorGatti, Andressa
dc.creatorRossi, Joao Luiz
dc.creatorGennari, Solange Maria
dc.creatorMarcili, Arlei
dc.date2014-12-03T13:11:00Z
dc.date2016-10-25T20:11:49Z
dc.date2014-12-03T13:11:00Z
dc.date2016-10-25T20:11:49Z
dc.date2013-12-11
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T06:25:07Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T06:25:07Z
dc.identifierParasites & Vectors. London: Biomed Central Ltd, v. 6, 12 p., 2013.
dc.identifier1756-3305
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/112709
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/112709
dc.identifier10.1186/1756-3305-6-349
dc.identifierWOS:000328837600002
dc.identifierWOS000328837600002.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-349
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/923466
dc.descriptionBackground: The Lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) is the largest Brazilian mammal and despite being distributed in various Brazilian biomes, it is seriously endangered in the Atlantic Rainforest. These hosts were never evaluated for the presence of Trypanosoma parasites.Methods: The Lowland tapirs were captured in the Brazilian southeastern Atlantic Rainforest, Espirito Santo state. Trypanosomes were isolated by hemoculture, and the molecular phylogeny based on small subunit rDNA (SSU rDNA) and glycosomal-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (gGAPDH) gene sequences and the ultrastructural features seen via light microscopy and scanning and transmission electron microscopy are described.Results: Phylogenetic trees using combined SSU rDNA and gGAPDH data sets clustered the trypanosomes of Lowland tapirs, which were highly divergent from other trypanosome species. The phylogenetic position and morphological discontinuities, mainly in epimastigote culture forms, made it possible to classify the trypanosomes from Lowland tapirs as a separate species.Conclusions: The isolated trypanosomes from Tapirus terrestris are a new species, Trypanosoma terrestris sp. n., and were positioned in a new Trypanosoma clade, named T. terrestris clade.
dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.descriptionConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBiomed Central Ltd.
dc.relationParasites & Vectors
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectTrypanosoma
dc.subjectTapirs
dc.subjectPerissodactyla
dc.subjectPhylogeny
dc.subjectAtlantic rainforest
dc.subjectTaxonomy
dc.titleMorphological and molecular characterization and phylogenetic relationships of a new species of trypanosome in Tapirus terrestris (lowland tapir), Trypanosoma terrestris sp nov., from Atlantic Rainforest of southeastern Brazil
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