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Minimal zoonotic risk of cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis from frogs and reptiles
Eur J Protistol. 2024 Feb 28;93:126066. doi: 10.1016/j.ejop.2024.126066. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe zoonotic potential of the protist parasites Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis in amphibians and reptiles raises public health concerns due to their growing popularity as pets. This review examines the prevalence and diversity of these parasites in wild and captive amphibians and reptiles to better understand the zoonotic risk. Research on Giardia in both groups is limited, and zoonotic forms of Cryptosporidium or Giardia have not been reported in amphibians. Host-adapted Cryptosporidium species dominate in r...
Source: European Journal of Protistology - March 5, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Siobhon Egan Amanda D Barbosa Yaoyu Feng Lihua Xiao Una Ryan Source Type: research

Rumen ciliates (Ciliophora, Trichostomatia) in Brazilian domestic cattle feeding on diets with crescent urea levels
We described a new entodiniid morphotype, Entodinium caudatum m. orbonuclearis, and recorded Oligoisotricha bubali for the second time in Brazil.PMID:38401372 | DOI:10.1016/j.ejop.2024.126063 (Source: European Journal of Protistology)
Source: European Journal of Protistology - February 24, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Franciane Cedrola Suyane Costa Bordim Pedro Braga Arcuri Jailton da Costa Carneiro Roberto J únio Pedroso Dias Source Type: research

Nuclear genome of dinoflagellates: Size variation and insights into evolutionary mechanisms
Eur J Protistol. 2024 Feb 3;93:126061. doi: 10.1016/j.ejop.2024.126061. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTRecent progress in high-throughput sequencing technologies has dramatically increased availability of genome data for prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Dinoflagellates have distinct chromosomes and a huge genome size, which make their genomic analysis complicated. Here, we reviewed the nuclear genomes of core dinoflagellates, focusing on the genome and cell size. Till now, the genome sizes of several dinoflagellates (more than 25) have been measured by certain methods (e.g., flow cytometry), showing a range of 3-250 pg of genomi...
Source: European Journal of Protistology - February 23, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Hui Wang Peiling Wu Lu Xiong Han-Sol Kim Jin Ho Kim Jang-Seu Ki Source Type: research

Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals genome evolution in predatory litostomatean ciliates
Eur J Protistol. 2024 Feb 5;93:126062. doi: 10.1016/j.ejop.2024.126062. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMany ciliated protists prey on other large microbial organisms, including other protists and microscopic metazoans. The ciliate class Litostomatea unites both predatory and endosymbiotic species. The evolution of predation ability in ciliates remains poorly understood, in part, due to a lack of genomic data. To fill this gap, we acquired the transcriptome profiles of six predatory litostomateans using single-cell sequencing technology and investigated their transcriptomic features. Our results show that: (1) in contrast to...
Source: European Journal of Protistology - February 18, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Zhaorui Zhou Chao Li Qingxiang Yuan Yong Chi Yuqing Li Ying Yan Saleh A Al-Farraj Naomi A Stover Zigui Chen Xiao Chen Source Type: research