Archigregarines of the English Channel revisited: New molecular data on Selenidium species including early described and new species and the uncertainties of phylogenetic relationships

0484000 - BC 2018 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Rueckert, S. - Horák, Aleš
Archigregarines of the English Channel revisited: New molecular data on Selenidium species including early described and new species and the uncertainties of phylogenetic relationships.
PLoS ONE. Roč. 12, č. 11 (2017), č. článku e0187430. ISSN 1932-6203. E-ISSN 1932-6203
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA15-17643S
EU Projects: European Commission(XE) 316304 - MODBIOLIN
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : gregarine parasites apicomplexa * sabellaria alveolata l * revised classification * sequence alignment * genome-sequence * ultrastructure * checklist * lecudina * sporozoa
OECD category: Biochemistry and molecular biology
Impact factor: 2.766, year: 2017

Gregarines represent an important transition step from free-living predatory (colpodellids s.l.) and/or photosynthetic (Chromera and Vitrella) apicomplexan lineages to the most important pathogens, obligate intracellular parasites of humans and domestic animals such as coccidians and haemosporidians (Plasmodium, Toxoplasma, Eimeria, Babesia, etc.). While dozens of genomes of other apicomplexan groups are available, gregarines are barely entering the molecular age. Among the gregarines, archigregarines possess a unique mixture of ancestral (myzocytosis) and derived (lack of apicoplast, presence of subpellicular microtubules) features.
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