title: Novel Eimeria sp. isolated from a King's skink (Egernia kingii) in Western Australia.
abstract: A novel Eimeria sp. was identified in faeces collected from a King's skink (Egernia kingii) housed at the Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in Western Australia. Oocysts measure 17.0×15.0 μm with a length/width ratio (L/W) of 1.13. Phylogenetic analysis of 18S rRNA sequences indicated that the novel Eimeria sp. shared the highest genetic similarity to Eimeria antrozoi and Eimeria rioarribaensis from vespertilionid bats from North America (≥98.9%). At the COI locus, bat-derived sequences were not available and phylogenetic analysis placed the novel Eimeria sp. in a clade by itself and shared 98.8% similarity with the rodent-derived species E. falciformis and E. vermiformis. This suggests that the isolate from the King's skink's faeces was probably derived from a mammal, possibly a rodent or a bat.
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia.
authors.forename: Rongchang
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Belinda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brice
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Aileen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eliott
authors.forename: Una
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004539:Eimeria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D008116:Lizards / Q000469:parasitology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D014904:Western Australia
chemical_list: D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV