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Diversity of Trypanosomatids in Cockroaches and the Description of Herpetomonas tarakana sp. n.
The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology - 1 Jan 2000
Yurchenko Vyacheslav, Kostygov Alexei, Havlová Jolana, Grybchuk-Ieremenko Anastasiia, Ševčíková Tereza, Lukeš Julius, Ševčík Jan, Votýpka Jan
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we surveyed six species of cockroaches, two synanthropic (i.e. ecologically associated with humans) and four wild, for intestinal trypanosomatid infections. Only the wild cockroach species were found to be infected, with flagellates of the genus Herpetomonas. Two distinct genotypes were documented, one of which was described as a new species, Herpetomonas tarakana sp. n. We also propose a revision...
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