Morphology and Mitochondrial Genome of Fischoederius sp. 1 in Thailand
10.3347/kjp.2021.59.4.355
- Author:
Pichanee WATTHANASIRI
1
;
Amornrat GEADKAEW-KRENC
;
Rudi GRAMS
Author Information
1. Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, Pathumthani 12121, Thailand
- Publication Type:Original Article
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2021;59(4):355-362
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
A rumen fluke Fischoederius elongatus is assigned to the type species of genus Fischoederius, family Gastrothylacidae. However, the mitochondrial sequences recently published are thought to be of inconsistent species, suggesting that several morphologically similar but genetically distinct species might be classified as Fischoederius elongatus. Thus, mentions of F. elongatus from South, Southeast, and East Asia might unintentionally refer to different species. The present work describes morphology and a full mitochondrial genome sequence of one of these species. The fluke specimens were collected from 2 infected cattle in Thailand. An interesting finding was the presence of a second tRNA-Asp gene next to a partial ND1 gene. It is suggested that these duplicated sequences are the remnants of non-reciprocal recombination events caused by inverted repeats located between ND2 and ND1 mitochondrial genes.
