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SSCP-based identification of members within the Pseudoterranova decipiens complex (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea: Anisakidae) using genetic markers in the internal transcribed spacers of ribosomal DNA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2002

X. Q. ZHU ,
S. D'AMELIO ,
H. W. PALM ,
L. PAGGI ,
M. GEORGE-NASCIMENTO  and
R. B. GASSER
X. Q. ZHU
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, 250 Princes Highway, Werribee, Victoria 3030, Australia Present address: College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Wushan, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
S. D'AMELIO
Affiliation:
Department of Sciences of Public Health, Parasitology Section, Università di Roma ‘la Sapienza’, P.le Aldo Moro, 5 - Box 6 Rome 62, 00185 Rome, Italy
H. W. PALM
Affiliation:
Bogor Agricultural University, Darmaga Campus IPB, 16680 Bogor, Indonesia, and Institute of Zoomorphology, Cell Biology and Parasitology, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
L. PAGGI
Affiliation:
Department of Sciences of Public Health, Parasitology Section, Università di Roma ‘la Sapienza’, P.le Aldo Moro, 5 - Box 6 Rome 62, 00185 Rome, Italy
M. GEORGE-NASCIMENTO
Affiliation:
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Católica de la Santísima, Concepción, Casilla 297, Concepción, Chile
R. B. GASSER
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, 250 Princes Highway, Werribee, Victoria 3030, Australia
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Abstract

The anisakid nematodes morphologically corresponding with Pseudoterranova decipiens sensu lato (s.l.) (Krabbe, 1878) from different seal or sea lion hosts and geographical origins, previously identified as Pseudoterranova krabbei, P. decipiens (s.s.), P. bulbosa, P. azarasi and P. cattani by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis, were characterized using a DNA approach. Also a population of P. decipiens (s.l.) from Chaenocephalus aceratus, the blackfin icefish, from Antarctica and another from Osmerus eperlanus, the European smelt, from Germany were included in the study. The first (ITS-1) and second (ITS-2) internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) were amplified by PCR from individual nematodes and analysed by single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP), followed by selective sequencing. While no variation in single-stranded ITS-1 and ITS-2 profiles was detected among samples representing each of the species or populations (with the exception of slight microheterogeneity), SSCP analysis of the ITS-2 amplicons allowed the unequivocal differentiation of all of the 5 sibling species of P. decipiens (s.l.) examined, which was supported by sequence differences in ITS rDNA. Samples representing the P. decipiens (s.l.) population from O. eperlanus had the same SSCP profile as those of P. decipiens (s.s.), which was supported by a lack of nucleotide difference in the ITS between them, suggesting that the former represented P. decipiens (s.s.). Based on SSCP results and ITS sequence data, P. decipiens (s.l.) from C. aceratus was genetically most distinct with respect to all other members of Pseudoterranova examined, which indicated that it may represent P. decipiens E (based on geographical origin) or a distinct species. These findings and the molecular approach taken should have important implications for studying the life-cycles, transmission patterns, epidemiology and population genetics of these anisakid nematodes, and the diagnosis of their infections.

Keywords

internal transcribed spacerpolymerase chain reactionPseudoterranova decipiens sensu latoribosomal DNAsingle-strand conformation polymorphismspecies identification
Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 124 , Issue 6 , June 2002 , pp. 615 - 623
Copyright
2002 Cambridge University Press

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