Molecular and ultrastructural characterisation of Balantidium coli parasitizing orang-utans Pongo abelii and Pongo pygmaeus in Indonesia: Possible medicinal use of plants against balantidiasis.

FOITOVÁ, Ivona, Kristína CIVÁŇOVÁ, Andrea VALIGUROVÁ, Helen MORROGH-BERNARD, Karmele L. SÁNCHEZ and Wisnu NURCAHYO. Molecular and ultrastructural characterisation of Balantidium coli parasitizing orang-utans Pongo abelii and Pongo pygmaeus in Indonesia: Possible medicinal use of plants against balantidiasis. In International Primatological Society XXV Congress Vietnam 2014. 2014.

Basic information

• Original name: Molecular and ultrastructural characterisation of Balantidium coli parasitizing orang-utans Pongo abelii and Pongo pygmaeus in Indonesia: Possible medicinal use of plants against balantidiasis.
• Authors: FOITOVÁ, Ivona (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Kristína CIVÁŇOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Andrea VALIGUROVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Helen MORROGH-BERNARD (360 Indonesia), Karmele L. SÁNCHEZ (360 Indonesia) and Wisnu NURCAHYO (360 Indonesia).
• Edition: International Primatological Society XXV Congress Vietnam 2014, 2014.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
• Country of publisher: Viet Nam
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/14:00074455
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Keywords in English: Balantidium coli; Pongo abelii; Pongo pygmaeus; balantidiasis; rDNA markers; phylogenetic analysis

Abstract

During our parasitological monitoring of wild and semi-wild orang-utans, throughout Sumatra and Kalimantan, 16 different parasitic species were identified. Balantidium coli that could cause severe morbidity and fatalities had the highest prevalence observed. For molecular characterization, the region of ribosomal DNA gene cluster (ITS1, 5.8S, ITS2) was amplified, sequenced and compared. The NJ/MP/ML phylogenetic analysis included comparison of data for order Vestibuliferida, families Balantidiidae (genera Balantidium, Neobalantidium) and Pycnotrichidae (genus Buxtonella). Data from the relative genus Troglodytella (Troglodytellidae, Entodiniomorphida) were used as an out-group. Our samples clustered in separate clades, corresponding to the different host origins. The progress in the identification of biologically active plant extracts with potential anti-parasitic properties (treating of balantidiasis) and their applications was also discussed.

Links

• GAP505/11/1163, research and development project: Name: Protizánětlivá aktivita extraktů z rostlin Indonésie a jejich účinek na průběh oportunních parazitóz

Investor: Czech Science Foundation