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Parasitic nematodes of the genus Syphacia Seurat, 1916 infecting Muridae in the British Isles, and the peculiar case of Syphacia frederici

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2017

ALEX STEWART ,
ANN LOWE ,
LESLEY SMALES ,
ANNA BAJER ,
JAN BRADLEY ,
DOROTA DWUŻNIK ,
FRITS FRANSSEN ,
JACK GRIFFITH ,
PETER STUART  and
CYAN TURNER
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ALEX STEWART
Affiliation:
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
ANN LOWE
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
LESLEY SMALES
Affiliation:
Parasitology Section, South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide 5000, Australia
ANNA BAJER
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 1 Miecznikowa Street, Warsaw 02-096, Poland
JAN BRADLEY
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
DOROTA DWUŻNIK
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 1 Miecznikowa Street, Warsaw 02-096, Poland
FRITS FRANSSEN
Affiliation:
National Reference Laboratory for Parasites, National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM), Laboratory for Zoonoses and Environmental Microbiology Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9, Bilthoven 3721 MA, The Netherlands
JACK GRIFFITH
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
PETER STUART
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
CYAN TURNER
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
GRZEGORZ ZALEŚNY
Affiliation:
Department of Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kożuchowska 5B, Wrocław 51-631, Poland
JERZY M. BEHNKE*
Affiliation:
School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
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*Corresponding author: School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK. E-mail: jerzy.behnke@nottingham.ac.uk
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Summary

Syphacia stroma (von Linstow, 1884) Morgan, 1932 and Syphacia frederici Roman, 1945 are oxyurid nematodes that parasitize two murid rodents, Apodemus sylvaticus and Apodemus flavicollis, on the European mainland. Only S. stroma has been recorded previously in Apodemus spp. from the British Isles. Despite the paucity of earlier reports, we identified S. frederici in four disparate British sites, two in Nottinghamshire, one each in Berkshire and Anglesey, Wales. Identification was based on their site in the host (caecum and not small intestine), on key morphological criteria that differentiate this species from S. stroma (in particular the tail of female worms) and by sequencing two genetic loci (cytochrome C oxidase 1 gene and a section of ribosomal DNA). Sequences derived from both genetic loci of putative British S. frederici isolates formed a tight clade with sequences from continental worms known to be S. frederici, clearly distinguishing these isolates from S. stroma which formed a tight clade of its own, distinct from clades representative of Syphacia obvelata from Mus and S. muris from Rattus. The data in this paper therefore constitute the first record of S. frederici from British wood mice, and confirm the status of this species as distinct from both S. obvelata and S. stroma.

Keywords

Syphacia fredericiSyphacia stromaSyphacia obvelataSyphacia murisoxyurid nematodesApodemus sylvaticusApodemus flavicollis
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Parasitology , Volume 145 , Issue 3 , March 2018 , pp. 269 - 280
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