Three new species of Eimeria (Apicomplexa : Eimeriidae) from the silvery mole rat Heliophobius argenteocinereus Peters, 1846 (Rodentia : Bathyergidae) from Malawi

0345157 - BC 2011 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Modrý, David - Jirků, M. - Šumbera, R.
Three new species of Eimeria (Apicomplexa : Eimeriidae) from the silvery mole rat Heliophobius argenteocinereus Peters, 1846 (Rodentia : Bathyergidae) from Malawi.
Journal of Parasitology. Roč. 91, č. 5 (2005), s. 1200-1203. ISSN 0022-3395. E-ISSN 1937-2345
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA206/00/1699; GA ČR GD524/03/H133; GA ČR GA524/03/1548
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60220518
Keywords : COCCIDIA * APICOMPLEXA * BOLIVIA
Subject RIV: EB - Genetics ; Molecular Biology
Impact factor: 1.524, year: 2005

Three species of Eimeria Schneider are described from feces of the African bathyergid rodent, Heliophobius argenteocinereus, from Malawi. Oocysts of Eimeria heliophobii n. sp. are broadly ellipsoidal with a brownish, heavily pitted oocyst wall, and vacuolar oocyst residuum. Sporocysts are oval with Stieda and substieda bodies. Eimeria nafuko n. sp. has subspherical oocysts with a smooth, colorless oocyst wall. Sporocysts are oval with a small Stieda body; the substieda body is not visible. Oocysts of Eimeria yamikamiae n. sp. are broadly ellipsoidal to subspherical with slightly yellowish, very faintly pitted oocyst wall. The majority of oocysts contained a single spherical vesicular oocyst residuum and numerous very small granules. Sporocysts are oval with a dome -like Stieda body and a subspherical to lentil-like substieda body. Typically, infected rodents shed oocysts of more than I species of Eimeria.
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