Multiple unique Cryptosporidium isolates from three species of ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi, S. beldingi, and S. lateralis) in California

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010 Dec;76(24):8269-76. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00687-10. Epub 2010 Oct 22.

Abstract

Phylogenetic analyses of the 18S small-subunit (SSU) rRNA and Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein (COWP) genes indicate that multiple unique Cryptosporidium isolates are shed by separate species of Spermophilus ground squirrels (S. beecheyi, S. beldingi, and S. lateralis) throughout California, despite some squirrel populations' being geographically isolated. The data support our assertion that Spermophilus squirrels shed novel Cryptosporidium species.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • California
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Cryptosporidiosis / parasitology
  • Cryptosporidiosis / veterinary*
  • Cryptosporidium / classification*
  • Cryptosporidium / genetics
  • Cryptosporidium / isolation & purification*
  • DNA, Protozoan / chemistry
  • DNA, Protozoan / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Genes, rRNA
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Protozoan Proteins / genetics
  • RNA, Protozoan / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / genetics
  • Sciuridae / parasitology*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Protozoan
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • Protozoan Proteins
  • RNA, Protozoan
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 18S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AY462231
  • GENBANK/AY462232
  • GENBANK/AY462233
  • GENBANK/DQ295012
  • GENBANK/DQ295013
  • GENBANK/DQ295014
  • GENBANK/DQ295015
  • GENBANK/DQ295016
  • GENBANK/DQ295017