| Abstract: | The number of Sarcocystis species that infect sea otters (Enhydra lutris) is unknown. Sea otter tissues were recently shown to harbor sarcocysts of S. neurona and of unidentified species of Sarcocystis. Whereas sarcocysts of S. neurona have walls 1a??3 I?m thick with type 9 villar protrusions, ultrastructure of a distinct thin-walled sarcocyst (0.5a??0.7 I?m thick) lacking villar protrusions, but instead exhibiting minute type 1 undulations on the sarcocyst wall, is described in this report. Parasites characterized from a sea otter infection were inferred to be related to, but distinct from, other species belonging to Sarcocystis, based on sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of a portion of the beta subunit of the plastid-encoded RNA polymerase gene. |
| Genre: | Article |
| ProdID: | 1003785 |
| Citation Author: | Dubey, J. P.; Lindsay, D. S.; Rosenthal, B. M.; Thomas, N. J. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | National Wildlife Health Center |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of Parasitology |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | p. 397-399 |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Sarcocysts of an unidentified species of Sarcocystis in the sea otter (Enhydra lutris); 2003; Article; Journal; Journal of Parasitology; Dubey, J. P.; Lindsay, D. S.; Rosenthal, B. M.; Thomas, N. J. |
| Citation Start Page: | 397 |
| Citation Volume: | 89 |
| Citation Year: | 2003 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Sarcocysts of an unidentified species of Sarcocystis in the sea otter (Enhydra lutris); 2003; Article; Journal; Journal of Parasitology; Dubey, J. P.; Lindsay, D. S.; Rosenthal, B. M.; Thomas, N. J. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089%5B0397%3ASOAUSO%5D2.0.CO%3B2 |
| Date Other: | Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:00 -0600 |
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