PacBio next-generation sequencing uncovers Apicomplexa diversity in different habitats [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 The phylum Apicomplexa comprises a large group of intracellular protozoan parasites. These microorganisms are known to infect a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate hosts, leading to significant medical and veterinary conditions such as toxoplasmosis ...
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Sexual Development in Non-Human Parasitic Apicomplexa: Just Biology or Targets for Control?
Animals, 2021 The phylum Apicomplexa is a major group of protozoan parasites including gregarines, coccidia, haemogregarines, haemosporidia and piroplasms, with more than 6000 named species. Three of these subgroups, the coccidia, hemosporidia, and piroplasms, contain
Teresa Cruz-Bustos +3 more
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Goussia trichogasteri n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimenidae) infecting the aquarium-cultured golden gourami Trichogaster trichopterus trichopterus [PDF]
, 1992 Goussia trichogasteri n. sp. is described from the gut of the aquarium fish Trichogaster trichopterus trichopterus. Gamogonic stages develop epicellularly in the gut epithelium. Oocysts are shed in early stage of sporulation.
Molnár, Kálmán, Székely, Csaba
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Meat-Borne-Parasite: A Nanopore-Based Meta-Barcoding Work-Flow for Parasitic Microbiodiversity Assessment in the Wild Fauna of French Guiana [PDF]
Current Issues in Molecular BiologyFrench Guiana, located in the Guiana Shield, is a natural reservoir for many zoonotic pathogens that are of considerable medical or veterinary importance.
Adria Matoute +7 more
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The metabolic pathways and transporters of the plastid organelle in Apicomplexa
Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2021 The apicoplast is the relict of a plastid organelle found in several disease-causing apicomplexan parasites such as Plasmodium spp. and Toxoplasma gondii. In these organisms, the organelle has lost its photosynthetic capability but harbours several fitness-conferring or essential metabolic pathways.
Kloehn, Joachim +2 more
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Toxoplasma gondii, endothelial cells and schizophrenia: is it just a barrier matter? [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection MicrobiologyToxoplasma gondii is an obligatory intracellular parasite responsible for causing toxoplasmosis. It is estimated that approximately one-third of the world’s population has positive serology for toxoplasmosis. Acute T.
Victoria Cruz Cavalari +3 more
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Unraveling the Elusive Rhoptry Exocytic Mechanism of Apicomplexa
Trends in Parasitology, 2021 Apicomplexan parasites are unicellular eukaryotes that invade the cells in which they proliferate. The development of genetic tools in Toxoplasma, and then in Plasmodium, in the 1990s allowed the first description of the molecular machinery used for motility and invasion, revealing a crucial role for two different secretory organelles, micronemes and ...
Sparvoli, Daniela, Lebrun, Maryse
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Characterization of mRNA polyadenylation in the apicomplexa
PLOS ONE, 2018 Messenger RNA polyadenylation is a universal aspect of gene expression in eukaryotes. In well-established model organisms, this process is mediated by a conserved complex of 15-20 subunits. To better understand this process in apicomplexans, a group of unicellular parasites that causes serious disease in humans and livestock, a computational and high ...
Ashley T. Stevens +2 more
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First record of Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) infected by the parasite Ascogregarina culicis (Ross) (Apicomplexa: Lecudinidae) in Argentina [PDF]
, 2005 n a survey for parasites and pathogens of Aedes aegypti conducted in La Plata, Argentina, an aseptate gregarine was found parasitizing larvae, pupae and adults of this mosquito species. This gregarine species was identified as Ascogregarina culicis based
Dellapé, Mariana E. +3 more
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The Apicomplexa-specific glucosamine-6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase gene family encodes a key enzyme for glycoconjugate synthesis with potential as therapeutic target [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2018 Apicomplexa form a phylum of obligate parasitic protozoa of great clinical and veterinary importance. These parasites synthesize glycoconjugates for their survival and infectivity, but the enzymatic ...
Artigas Jerónimo, Sara +7 more
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