| a new species of crepidostomum (digenea: allocreadiidae) from hiodon tergisus in mississippi and molecular comparison with three congeners. | a new species, crepidostomum affine n. sp., is described from hiodon tergisus in mississippi, and morphological data are provided for crepidostomum auritum from aplodinotus grunniens in mississippi and for crepidostomum illinoiense from hiodon alosoides in minnesota. the new species is most similar morphologically to c. illinoiense, but has a shorter intertesticular space, measuring 0-74 μm (mean = 19.3 ± 23.1 sd in 73 specimens) compared with 0-229 μm (mean = 57.3 ± 56.7 sd in 34 specimens), an ... | 2013 | 23915018 |
| large scale screening of digeneans for neorickettsia endosymbionts using real-time pcr reveals new neorickettsia genotypes, host associations and geographic records. | digeneans are endoparasitic flatworms with complex life cycles including one or two intermediate hosts (first of which is always a mollusk) and a vertebrate definitive host. digeneans may harbor intracellular endosymbiotic bacteria belonging to the genus neorickettsia (order rickettsiales, family anaplasmataceae). some neorickettsia are able to invade cells of the digenean's vertebrate host and are known to cause diseases of wildlife and humans. in this study we report the results of screening 7 ... | 2014 | 24911315 |