Gnathostoma spinigerum Mitochondrial Genome Sequence: a Novel Gene Arrangement and its Phylogenetic Position within the Class Chromadorea

Guo-Hua Liu; Renfu Shao; Xian-Quan Cai; Wen-Wen Li; Xing-Quan Zhu

doi:10.1038/srep12691

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Gnathostoma spinigerum Mitochondrial Genome Sequence: a Novel Gene Arrangement and its Phylogenetic Position within the Class Chromadorea

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Gnathostoma spinigerum Mitochondrial Genome Sequence: a Novel Gene Arrangement and its Phylogenetic Position within the Class Chromadorea

Guo-Hua Liu, Renfu Shao, Xian-Quan Cai, Wen-Wen Li and Xing-Quan Zhu

Scientific Reports, Vol.5(12691), pp.1-10

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep12691

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parasitology

infectious diseases

Human gnathostomiasis is an emerging food-borne parasitic disease caused by nematodes in the genus Gnathostoma. In spite of their significance as pathogens, these parasites remain poorly understood at the molecular level. In the present study, we sequenced the mitochondrial (mt) genome of G. spinigerum, which infects a range of definitive hosts including dogs, cats, tigers, leopards and humans. The mt genome of G. spinigerum is 14,079 bp in size and shows substantial changes in gene order compared to other nematodes studied to date. Phylogenetic analyses of mt genome sequences by Bayesian inference (BI) revealed that the infraorder Gnathostomatomorpha (represented by G. spinigerum) is closely related to the infraorder Ascaridomorpha. G. spinigerum is the first species from the infraorder Gnathostomatomorpha for which a complete mt genome has been sequenced. The new data will help understand the evolution, population genetics and systematics of this medically important group of parasites.

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Title: Gnathostoma spinigerum Mitochondrial Genome Sequence: a Novel Gene Arrangement and its Phylogenetic Position within the Class Chromadorea
Authors: Guo-Hua Liu (Author) - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Renfu Shao (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Xian-Quan Cai (Author) - Zhongshan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, China
Wen-Wen Li (Author) - Sun Yat-sen University, China
Xing-Quan Zhu (Author) - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Publication details: Scientific Reports, Vol.5(12691), pp.1-10
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Date published: 2015
DOI: 10.1038/srep12691
ISSN: 2045-2322
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Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449314602621
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