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Molecular characterization of trypanosome species and subgroups within subgenus Nannomonas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

L. H. Garside  and
W. C. Gibson
L. H. Garside
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Bristol, School of Veterinary Science, Langford, Bristol BS18 7DU
W. C. Gibson
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Bristol, School of Veterinary Science, Langford, Bristol BS18 7DU
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Summary

Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of both genomic and kinetoplast DNA from representative stocks from 3 Trypanosoma congolense subgroups (Savannah, Forest, and Kilifi), T. simiae and T. godfreyi, was used to investigate the relatedness of the different groups within subgenus Nannomonas, DNA probes for β-tubulin and the ribosomal DNA (rDNA) locus were isolated from a T. congolense Savannah genomic library; additional probes were generated by PCR amplification of mini-exon and glutamate and alanine rich protein (GARP) gene sequences. Our results provide evidence that at the molecular level the T. congolense Savannah and Forest groups are the most closely related groups within the subgenus Nannomonas: the Savannah and the Forest groups had mini-exon gene repeats of identical size, which shared homology, had mini-circles of the same size and had a high level of similarity (63%) when the banding patterns produced with a tubulin and rDNA probe were subjected to numerical analysis. All other pairwise combinations of groups have very low percentage similarities of < 10%, suggesting that the Kilifi group trypanosomes, are as distantly related to the T. congolense Savannah and Forest groups as they are to T. simiae or T. godfreyi. The conservation of the GARP gene between the Savannah, Forest and Kilifi groups provides the only evidence linking the Kilifi trypanosomes to the other groups in T. congolense. We find no evidence for the presence of the GARP gene in the T. simiae or T. godfreyi group trypanosomes.

Keywords

Trypanosoma congolenseTrypanosoma simiaeTrypanosoma godfreyimini-exon
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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 111 , Issue 3 , September 1995 , pp. 301 - 312
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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