title: Cryptosporidium varanii takes precedence over C. saurophilum.
abstract: We present biological as well as genetic analysis of Cryptosporidium varanii at the 18S rRNA and actin loci and show that it is genetically identical to C. saurophilum. As C. varanii was described prior to C. saurophilum, it takes precedence over C. saurophilum and therefore C. saurophilum should be considered a junior synonym of C. varanii.
authors.affiliation: State Veterinary Institute Prague, Pathology and Parasitology Department, 165 03 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pavlasek
authors.forename: Una
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S