title: Molecular biological features of strains of Histomonas meleagridis.
abstract: Berlin strains of Histomonas meleagridis were subcultivated to produce cyst-like stages. These strains were studied for their ITS 1 and 18S rRNA properties and compared with sequences in data banks of other H. meleagridis strains, Dientamoeba fragilis, and some species of the genus Trichomonas and relatives. The Berlin isolates that had previously been shown to be able to develop cyst-like structures (Munsch et al. 2008) represent a significant cluster among the published data of other Histomonas meleagridis isolates and thus the formation of cysts might be a common feature that would open further possibilities of transmission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoomorphology, Cytology and Parasitology, Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Mareike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Munsch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mehlhorn
authors.forename: Saleh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Quraishy
authors.forename: Abdul-Rahman
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Lotfi
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Hafez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004029:Dientamoeba / Q000235:genetics; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016834:Trichomonadida / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D016053:RNA, Protozoan; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S