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ArticleParasites & vectors2022

Phylogenetic analyses of the mitochondrial, plastid, and nuclear genes of Babesia sp. Mymensingh and its naming as Babesia naoakii n. sp.

Thillaiampalam Sivakumar, Bumduuren Tuvshintulga, Davaajav Otgonsuren, Enkhbaatar Batmagnai, Believe Ahedor, Hemal Kothalawala, Singarayar Caniciyas Vimalakumar, Seekkuge Susil Priyantha Silva, Junya Yamagishi, Naoaki Yokoyama

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Article in Parasites & vectors, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Thillaiampalam SivakumarNational Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan.
Bumduuren TuvshintulgaNational Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan.
Davaajav OtgonsurenNational Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan.
Enkhbaatar BatmagnaiNational Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan.
Believe AhedorNational Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan.
Hemal KothalawalaVeterinary Research Institute, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Singarayar Caniciyas VimalakumarDepartment of Animal Production and Health, Deputy Director's Office, Mannar, Sri Lanka.
Seekkuge Susil Priyantha SilvaDepartment of Animal Production and Health, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Junya YamagishiDivision of Collaboration and Education, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Naoaki YokoyamaNational Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido, 080-8555, Japan. yokoyama@obihiro.ac.jp.
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine · JPHokkaido University · JPMannar Hospital · LKVeterinary Research Institute · LK

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 19KK0174 and 19K23704
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe recently discovered Babesia sp. Mymensingh, which causes clinical bovine babesiosis, has a wide geographical distribution. We investigated the phylogenetic position of Babesia sp. Mymensingh using its mitochondrial, plastid, and nuclear genes. Based on morphological and molecular data, Babesia sp. Mymensingh is a unique species and we named it as Babesia naoakii n. sp.

methodsA blood DNA sample from a Babesia sp. Mymensingh-infected cow was subjected to genome sequencing to obtain the sequences of mitochondrial, plastid, and nuclear genes. Six phylogenetic trees were then constructed with (1) concatenated amino acid sequences of cytochrome oxidase subunit I, cytochrome oxidase subunit III, and cytochrome b genes of the mitochondrial genome; (2) 16S rRNA of the plastid genome; (3) nucleotide sequences of the elongation factor Tu gene of the plastid genome; (4) ITS1-5.8S rRNA-ITS2; (5) concatenated nucleotide sequences of 89 nuclear genes; and (6) concatenated amino acid sequences translated from the 89 nuclear genes.

resultsIn all six phylogenetic trees, B. naoakii n. sp. formed a sister clade to the common ancestor of Babesia bigemina and B. ovata. The concatenated nuclear genes of B. naoakii n. sp. and their translated amino acid sequences shared lower identity scores with the sequences from B. bigemina (82.7% and 84.7%, respectively) and B. ovata (83.5% and 85.5%, respectively) compared with the identity scores shared between the B. bigemina and B. ovata sequences (86.3% and 87.9%, respectively).

conclusionsOur study showed that B. naoakii n. sp. occupies a unique phylogenetic position distinct from existing Babesia species. Our findings, together with morphological differences, identify B. naoakii n. sp. as a distinct parasite species.

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BabesiaBabesiosisCattle DiseasesAnimalsCattleFemalePhylogenyPlastidsRNA, Ribosomal, 16SRNA, Ribosomal, 16SBabesia naoakii n. sp.Babesia sp. MymensinghCattleNovel speciesPhylogeny

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PMID36002908
PMCPMC9404586
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