Sarcocystis sp. infection (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae) in invasive California kingsnake Lampropeltis californiae (Serpentes: Colubridae) in Gran Canaria

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F22%3A00562200" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/22:00562200 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14310/22:00128123 RIV/60460709:41210/22:92382 RIV/62157124:16170/22:43879901

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology/article/sarcocystis-sp-infection-apicomplexa-sarcocystidae-in-invasive-california-kingsnake-lampropeltis-californiae-serpentes-colubridae-in-gran-canaria/C048B1E329ED12E35D92865E6E57E025" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology/article/sarcocystis-sp-infection-apicomplexa-sarcocystidae-in-invasive-california-kingsnake-lampropeltis-californiae-serpentes-colubridae-in-gran-canaria/C048B1E329ED12E35D92865E6E57E025</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031182022000841" target="_blank" >10.1017/S0031182022000841</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Sarcocystis sp. infection (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae) in invasive California kingsnake Lampropeltis californiae (Serpentes: Colubridae) in Gran Canaria

Original language description

Invasive species pose a threat not only to biodiversity because they displace or compete with native fauna, but also because of the pathogens they can host. The Canary Islands are an Atlantic biodiversity hotspot threatened by increasing numbers of invasive species, including the California kingsnake Lampropeltis californiae, which was recently introduced to Gran Canaria. Seventy-seven snakes were examined for gastrointestinal parasites in 2019-2020. Sporocysts of Sarcocystis sp. were detected in 10 of them, detection of gamogonia stages in histological sections of 3 snakes confirmed the snake as a definitive host. Partial ssrDNA was amplified using SarcoFext/SarcoRext primers, an additional sequence of Sarcocystis was obtained from the tail muscle of the endemic Gran Canaria giant lizard Gallotia stehlini for a comparison. Identical ssrDNA sequences of unknown Sarcocystis sp. were obtained from 5 different snakes. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Sarcocystis sp. isolated from invasive California kingsnakes is unrelated to Sarcocystis provisionally considered S. stehlini from the endemic lizard. The dixenous coccidia are rarely reported to invade new predator-prey systems. However, the present data suggest that previously unknown Sarcocystis sp. is circulating among invasive snakes and as yet unknown vertebrate intermediate hosts, with undetermined consequences for the Gran Canaria ecosystem.

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

10613 - Zoology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Parasitology

ISSN

0031-1820

e-ISSN

1469-8161

Volume of the periodical

149

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

1419-1424

UT code for WoS article

000822286000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85133091511