Ultrastructure and 28S rDNA Phylogeny of Two Gregarines: Cephaloidophora cf. communis and Heliospora cf. longissima with Remarks on Gregarine Morphology and Phylogenetic Analysis

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SIMDYANOV Timur G. DIAKIN Andrei ALEOSHIN Vladimir V.

Rok publikování 2014
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj Acta Protozoologica
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

Přírodovědecká fakulta

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Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/16890027AP.15.020.3217
Obor Zoologie
Klíčová slova Apicomplexa; gregarines; crustacean host; morphology; ultrastructure; LSU rDNA; molecular phylogeny
Popis 18S rRNA gene sequences (SSU rDNA) in gregarines are problematic for phylogenetic analysis, mainly due to artifacts related to long branch attraction (LBA). In this study, we sequenced 18S rRNA (SSU rRNA), 5.8S rRNA, and 28S rRNA (LSU rRNA) genes of two gregarine species from crustacean hosts (gregarine superfamily Cephaloidophoroidea): Cephaloidophoracf. communisfrom a marine cirripedian Balanus balanus(White Sea), and Heliosporacf. longissimafrom the freshwater amphipods, Eulimnogammarus verrucosusand E. vittatus(Lake Baikal). Phylogenetic analyses of SSU rDNA sequences failed to produce a robust tree topology, for a limited taxon sample (31 operational taxonomic units (OTU), based on 1,604 sites), while LSU (2,869 sites), and concatenated dataset based on SSU, 5.8S, and LSU (4,627 sites) produced more consistent tree topologies for the same taxon sample. Analyses testing for LBA-influence were negative, therefore we suggested that the main reason of the failed topologies in SSU rDNA analyses is insufficient data (insufficient taxon sampling and limited molecular data), rather than LBA. Possible advantages of Bayesian analyses, compared to Maximum Likelihood, and usage of LSU rDNA within the context of apicomplexan phylogenetics were discussed. One of the advantages of LSU is likely its lower rate of evolution in long-branching apicomplexans (e.g., gregarines), relative to other (non-long-branching) apicomplexans, compared to SSU rDNA. Ultrastructure of the epicytic folds was studied. There are 3 to 5 apical arcs (also known as rippled dense structures) and 2 to 5 apical filaments in the tops of the folds. This small number of the apical structures fits into morphological diversity of the epicyte in other Cephaloidophoroidea, but this is not a synapomorphy of the group because this was also detected in several unrelated gregarines. C. cf. communiswas found to contain a septum between the epimerite and the protomerite, which has not been reported in other gregarines. More exact terminology, which takes into account number of body sections and septa, is proposed for morphological descriptions of trophozoites and free mature gamonts of gregarines. In accordance with this, C. cf. communisgamonts are tricystid and biseptate, whereas H. cf. longissimagamonts are tricystid and uniseptate, similar to other eugregarines.
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