Lankesterella and Isospora Coccidians: Differences in Host Specificity of Blood Parasites in Passerines

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=NNVT0ROp0C" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=NNVT0ROp0C</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13040743" target="_blank" >10.3390/microorganisms13040743</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Lankesterella and Isospora Coccidians: Differences in Host Specificity of Blood Parasites in Passerines

Original language description

Parasitic protozoa such as Lankesterella and Isospora are common in avian hosts, particularly in passerines. Despite their high prevalence, the diversity of these parasites within avian populations remains poorly understood. This study aimed to assess the diversity of Lankesterella and Isospora in passerine birds, using the SSU rRNA gene to characterize and compare the genetic variation in both parasites across multiple avian host species. For Isospora, the extraintestinal blood stages and oocysts from feces were compared. Minimum spanning networks were constructed to visualize haplogroups in relation to host specificity and to reveal the identity of various developmental stages. A total of 122 sequences from eight passerine species were used to generate a haplotype network for Lankesterella, and a total of 103 sequences (64 from blood and 39 from feces) was used for Isospora. We detected a total of 36 haplotypes for Lankesterella and 33 haplotypes for Isospora. In Lankesterella, we confirmed that the sedge warbler has its own specific lineages, whereas other warbler species share lineages belonging to three haplogroups; blue, great, marsh and willow tits have their own unique groups of lineages. Isospora is less host-specific than Lankesterella in avian hosts; nevertheless, Isospora sequences from blood and feces were identical in their respective hosts. Our findings provide insights into the diversity and host specificity of blood coccidians; moreover, we molecularly characterized the developmental stages of Isospora.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10600 - Biological sciences

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Microorganisms

ISSN

2076-2607

e-ISSN

2076-2607

Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

743

UT code for WoS article

001475412900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105003547289