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Isospora dendrocinclae n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the Whitechinned Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla merula) from South America

Publication date: 2010

Acta Protozoologica, 2010, Volume 49, Issue 2, pp. 121 - 124

Authors

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Thomas E. McQuistion
Department of Biology, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois
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Samuel Galewsky
Department of Biology, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois
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Angelo P. Capparella
Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
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Fredrick Rebling
George Washington University, Washington, D.C. USA
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Isospora dendrocinclae n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the Whitechinned Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla merula) from South America

Abstract

A new species of Isospora is described from the fecal contents of the white-chinned woodcreeper, Dendrocincla merula merula from Guyana and Dendrocincla merula barletti from Peru. Sporulated oocysts are subspherical to ovoid, 19.2 × 16.5 (15–23 × 14.5–19) μm, with a smooth, colorless, bilayered wall. The average shape index is 1.2. No micropyle or oocyst residuum are present, but the oocysts contain one polar granule. Sporocysts are ovoid, 12.9 × 8.3 (12–14 × 7–10) μm, average shape index of 1.7 with a smooth, single layered wall and composed of a small, knoblike Stieda body and a slightly larger, bubble shaped substieda body. The two sporocysts each contain a compact residuum composed of coarse, non-uniform granules and four randomly arranged, vermiform sporozoites each with a terminal refractile body and a centrally located nucleus. DNA sequences representing ITS-1 and ITS-4 regions of the 5.8S rDNA gene from the two isolates were amplified and compared. In addition to the two isolates showing similar morphological characteristics, they also had identical nucleotide sequences for the ITS-1 and ITS-4 regions of the 5.8S ribosomal gene.

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Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2010, Volume 49, Issue 2, pp. 121 - 124

Article type: Original article

Authors

Department of Biology, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois

Department of Biology, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois

Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois

George Washington University, Washington, D.C. USA

Published at: 2010

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Thomas E. McQuistion (Author) - 25%
Samuel Galewsky (Author) - 25%
Angelo P. Capparella (Author) - 25%
Fredrick Rebling (Author) - 25%

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