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1 December 2001 GENETIC VARIABILITY OF TRYPANOSOMATIDS ISOLATED FROM PHYTOPHAGOUS HEMIPTERA DEFINED BY MORPHOLOGICAL, BIOCHEMICAL, AND MOLECULAR TAXONOMIC MARKERS
Margareth Batistoti, Manzélio Cavazzana Jr., Myrna G. Serrano, Suely F. Ogatta, Gyselle C. Baccan, José Vitor Jankevicius, Marta M. G. Teixeira, Shiduca Itow Jankevicius
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Abstract

In the present study, we investigated the genetic variability among 49 new isolates of trypanosomatids from phytophagous Hemiptera by means of morphological characters, growth features, and biochemical (enzymes of ornithine–arginine cycle) and molecular markers (based on spliced-leader, and ribosomal genes). From 402 phytophagous insects dissected and examined for the presence of trypanosomatids, 228 species belonging to Pyrrhocoridae, Coreidae, Lygaeidae, and Pentatomidae families harbored trypanosomatids in their salivary glands, or digestive tubes. Among these insects, 211 carried promastigotes and only 17 had choanomastigote forms. The results show a strong association among morphology, growth features, and biochemical and molecular markers and reveal the genetic diversity of the isolates, which were assigned to Crithidia, Phytomonas, and Leptomonas; we found genetic polymorphism within all these genera, thus indicating high genetic variability among trypanosomatids from phytophagous insects.

Margareth Batistoti, Manzélio Cavazzana Jr., Myrna G. Serrano, Suely F. Ogatta, Gyselle C. Baccan, José Vitor Jankevicius, Marta M. G. Teixeira, and Shiduca Itow Jankevicius "GENETIC VARIABILITY OF TRYPANOSOMATIDS ISOLATED FROM PHYTOPHAGOUS HEMIPTERA DEFINED BY MORPHOLOGICAL, BIOCHEMICAL, AND MOLECULAR TAXONOMIC MARKERS," Journal of Parasitology 87(6), 1335-1341, (1 December 2001). https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[1335:GVOTIF]2.0.CO;2
Received: 12 June 2000; Accepted: 1 May 2001; Published: 1 December 2001
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