Improved subtyping affords better discrimination of Trichomonas gallinae strains and suggests hybrid lineages

Alrefaei, Abdulwahed, Gerhold, Richard, Nader, Johanna, Bell, Diana and Tyler, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0647-8158 (2019) Improved subtyping affords better discrimination of Trichomonas gallinae strains and suggests hybrid lineages. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 73. pp. 234-241. ISSN 1567-1348

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Abstract

Trichomonas gallinae is a protozoan pathogen that causes avian trichomonosis typically associated with columbids (canker) and birds of prey (frounce) that predate on them, and has recently emerged as an important cause of passerine disease. An archived panel of DNA from North American (USA) birds used initially to establish the ITS ribotypes was reanalysed using Iron hydrogenase (FeHyd) gene sequences to provide an alphanumeric subtyping scheme with improved resolution for strain discrimination. Thirteen novel subtypes of T. gallinae using FeHyd gene as the subtyping locus are described. Although the phylogenetic topologies derived from each single marker are complementary, they are not entirely congruent. This may reflect the complex genetic histories of the isolates analysed which appear to contain two major lineages and several that are hybrid. This new analysis consolidates much of the phylogenetic signal generated from the ITS ribotype and provides additional resolution for discrimination of T. gallinae strains. The single copy FeHyd gene provides higher resolution genotyping than ITS ribotype alone. It should be used where possible as an additional, single-marker subtyping tool for cultured isolates.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Water Security Research Centre
Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Organisms and the Environment
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Gastroenterology and Gut Biology
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Metabolic Health
Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 09 May 2019 11:30
Last Modified: 19 Oct 2023 02:26
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/70886
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2019.05.007

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