Abstract
In the present study, a total of 20 nematode isolates, (including 10 male and 10 female worms) representing Baylisascaris schroederi from 5 Qinling subspecies of giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) in Shaanxi Province of China, were characterized and grouped genetically by the first internal transcribed spacer (ITS-1) of nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA). The rDNA fragment spanning 3′ end of 18S rDNA, complete ITS-1 rDNA, and 5′ end of 5.8S rDNA were amplified and sequenced. The sequence variability in ITS-1 rDNA was examined within B. schroederi and among parasites in order Ascaridata available in GenBank™, and their phylogenetic relationships were also reconstructed. The sequences of ITS-1 rDNA for all the B. schroederi isolates were 427 bp in length, with no genetic variation detected among these isolates. Phylogenetic analyses based on the ITS-1 rDNA sequences revealed that all the male and female B. schroederi isolates sequenced in the present study were posited into the clade of genus Baylisascaris, sistered to zoonotic nematodes in genus Ascaris, and the ITS-1 rDNA sequence could distinguish different species in order Ascaridata. These results showed that the ITS-1 rDNA provides a suitable molecular marker for the inter-species phylogenetic analysis and differential identification of nematodes in order Ascaridata.
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Project support was provided in part by grants from the Special Fund for Talents in Northwest A & F University to GHZ (Z109021107 and 2010BSJJ015) and Opening Funds of State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS to GHZ (SKLVEB2011KFKT011) and SKY (SKLVEB2009KFK003).
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Lin, Q., Li, H.M., Gao, M. et al. Characterization of Baylisascaris schroederi from Qinling subspecies of giant panda in China by the first internal transcribed spacer (ITS-1) of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Parasitol Res 110, 1297–1303 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2618-7
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