Cryptosporidium spp. in domestic dogs: the "dog" genotype.
Genetic and phylogenetic characterization of Cryptosporidium isolates at two loci (18S rRNA gene and heat shock gene) from both Australian and United States dogs demonstrated that dog-derived Cryptosporidium isolates had a distinct genotype which is conserved across geographic areas. Phylogenetic analysis provided support for the idea that the "dog" genotype is, in fact, a valid species.
Morgan
U M
UM
World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections and State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia.
Xiao
L
L
Monis
P
P
Fall
A
A
Irwin
P J
PJ
Fayer
R
R
Denholm
K M
KM
Limor
J
J
Lal
A
A
Thompson
R C
RC
D000818:Animals; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D004285:Dogs / Q000382:microbiology*; D005838:Genotype; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008394:Marsupialia; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013552:Swine
D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S