Characterization of new cristamonad species from kalotermitid termites including a novel genus, Runanympha
| Autor: | Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Elisabeth Hehenberger, Erick R. James, Patrick J. Keeling, Nicholas A.T. Irwin, Varsha Mathur, Martin Kolisko, Vittorio Boscaro, Rebecca Fiorito, Javier del Campo, Racquel A. Singh, Anna Karnkowska, Noriko Okamoto, Gregory S Gavelis |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Tula Foundation, European Commission |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Science Protein subunit Isoptera Biology Parabasalidea 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Article 03 medical and health sciences Genus Polyphyly Animals Symbiosis Gene Taxonomy Multidisciplinary Host (biology) Macrotrichomonas Ribosomal RNA 3. Good health 030104 developmental biology Evolutionary biology Medicine Identification (biology) |
| Zdroj: | Scientific Reports Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021) Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname |
| Popis: | Cristamonadea is a large class of parabasalian protists that reside in the hindguts of wood-feeding insects, where they play an essential role in the digestion of lignocellulose. This group of symbionts boasts an impressive array of complex morphological characteristics, many of which have evolved multiple times independently. However, their diversity is understudied and molecular data remain scarce. Here we describe seven new species of cristamonad symbionts from Comatermes, Calcaritermes, and Rugitermes termites from Peru and Ecuador. To classify these new species, we examined cells by light and scanning electron microscopy, sequenced the symbiont small subunit ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, and carried out barcoding of the mitochondrial large subunit rRNA gene of the hosts to confirm host identification. Based on these data, five of the symbionts characterized here represent new species within described genera: Devescovina sapara n. sp., Devescovina aymara n. sp., Macrotrichomonas ashaninka n. sp., Macrotrichomonas secoya n. sp., and Macrotrichomonas yanesha n. sp. Additionally, two symbionts with overall morphological characteristics similar to the poorly-studied and probably polyphyletic ‘joeniid’ Parabasalia are classified in a new genus Runanympha n. gen.: Runanympha illapa n. sp., and Runanympha pacha n. sp. This work was supported by a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (RGPIN-2014-03994). JdC, VB, AK, EH and MK were supported by grants to the Centre for Microbial Diversity and Evolution from the Tula Foundation, and NATI was supported by a fellowship from NSERC. JdC was supported by a Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship Grant (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF-331450 CAARL). |
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