J 2016

Morphology and molecular phylogeny of coelomic gregarines (Apicomplexa) with different types of motility: Urospora ovalis and U. travisiae from the polychaete Travisia forbesii.

DIAKIN, Andrei, Gita G. PASKEROVA, Timur G. SIMDYANOV, Vladimir V. ALEOSHIN, Andrea VALIGUROVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Morphology and molecular phylogeny of coelomic gregarines (Apicomplexa) with different types of motility: Urospora ovalis and U. travisiae from the polychaete Travisia forbesii.

Authors

DIAKIN, Andrei (643 Russian Federation, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Gita G. PASKEROVA (643 Russian Federation), Timur G. SIMDYANOV (643 Russian Federation), Vladimir V. ALEOSHIN (643 Russian Federation) and Andrea VALIGUROVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Protist, 2016, 1434-4610

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.794

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/16:00087958

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000378578900006

Keywords in English

Urosporidae; marine eugregarines; ultrastructure; gliding and metaboly; superfolds; 18S rDNA phylogeny.

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Abstract

V originále

Urosporids (Apicomplexa: Urosporidae) are eugregarines that parasitise marine invertebrates, such as annelids, molluscs, nemerteans and echinoderms, inhabiting their coelom and intestine. Urosporids exhibit considerable morphological plasticity, which correlates with their different modes of motility and variations in structure of their cortical zone, according to the localisation within the host. The gregarines Urospora ovalis and U. travisiae from the marine polychaete Travisia forbesii were investigated with an emphasis on their general morphology and phylogenetic position. Solitary ovoid trophozoites and syzygies of U. ovalis were located free in the host coelom and showed metabolic activity, a non-progressive movement with periodic changes of the cell shape. Solitary trophozoites of U. travisiae, attached to the host tissue or free floating in the coelom, were V-shaped. Detached trophozoites demonstrated gliding motility, a progressive movement without observable cell body changes. In both gregarines, the cortex formed numerous epicytic folds, but superfolds appeared exclusively on the surface of U. ovalis during metabolic activity. SSU rDNA sequences obtained from U. ovalis and U. travisiae revealed that they belong to the Lecudinoidea clade; however, they are not affiliated with other coelomic urosporids (Pterospora spp. and Lithocystis spp.), but surprisingly with intestinal lecudinids (Difficilina spp.) parasitising nemerteans.

Links

GBP505/12/G112, research and development project
Name: ECIP - Evropské centrum ichtyoparazitologie
Investor: Czech Science Foundation