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| العنوان: |
Phylogenetic identification of symbiotic protists of five Chinese Reticulitermes species indicates a cospeciation of gut microfauna with host termites. |
| المؤلفون: |
Song, Yan‐Qiu1,2 (AUTHOR), Zhang, Dian1 (AUTHOR), Chen, Wen1 (AUTHOR), Dang, Xiao‐Xue1 (AUTHOR), Yang, Hong1 (AUTHOR) hyang@mail.ccnu.edu.cn |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. Sep2021, Vol. 68 Issue 5, p1-13. 13p. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
*TERMITES, *PROTISTA, *SPECIES, *COEVOLUTION, *PHYLOGENY |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
CHINA |
| مستخلص: |
Symbiotic protists play important roles in the wood digestion of lower termites. Previous studies showed that termites generally possess host‐specific flagellate communities. The genus Reticulitermes is particularly interesting because its unique assemblage of gut flagellates bears evidence for transfaunation. The gut fauna of Reticulitermes species in Japan, Europe, and North America had been investigated, but data on species in China are scarce. For the first time, we analyzed the phylogeny of protists in the hindgut of five Reticulitermes species in China. A total of 22 protist phylotypes were affiliated with the family Trichonymphidae, Teranymphidae, Trichomonadidae, and Holomastigotoididae (Phylum Parabasalia), and 45 protist phylotypes were affiliated with the family Pyrsonymphidae (Phylum Preaxostyla). The protist fauna of these five Reticulitermes species is similar to those of Reticulitermes species in other geographical regions. The topology of Trichonymphidae subtree was similar to that of Reticulitermes tree. All Preaxostyla clones were affiliated with the genera Pyrsonympha and Dinenympha (Order Oxymonadida) as in the other Reticulitermes species. The results of this study not only add to the existing information on the flagellates present in other Reticulitermes species but also offer the opportunity to test the hypotheses for the coevolution of symbiotic protists with their host termites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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