• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.233-237
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• 2006

We postulated that apolysis was processed in accordance with apoptotic changes occurring in a cestode, Spirometra erinacei (Pseudophyllidea). We cloned the novel putative apoptosis-associated gene from S. erinacei via screening of a S. erinacei cDNA library with a ced-3 gene (activator of apoptosis) probe from Caenorhabditis elegans. We identified a 261-bp cDNA sequence, which encodes for an 86-amino acid protein. The cloned gene expression was observed in the neck and gravid proglottids via Northern blotting, using cloned cDNA inserts as probes, but the clone was not expressed in any of other tissues. We suggest that this gene may be involved in the apolysis of S. erinacei during normal tissue development and differentiation in cestode parasites.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.379-390
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• 2007

We sequenced and characterized the complete mitochondrial genome of the Japanese fish tapeworm D. nihonkaiense. The genome is a circular-DNA molecule of 13607 bp (one nucleotide shorter than that of D. latum mtDNA) containing 12 protein-coding genes (lacking atp8), 22 tRNA genes and two rRNA genes. Gene order and genome content are identical to those of the other cestodes reported thus far, including its congener D. latum. The only exception is Hymenolepis diminuta in which the positions of trnS2 and trnL1 are switched. We tested a PCR-based molecular assay designed to rapidly and accurately differentiate between D. nihonkaiense and D. latum using species-specific primers based on a comparison of their mtDNA sequences. We found the PCR-based system to be very reliable and specific, and suggest that PCR-based identification methods using mtDNA sequences could contribute to the study of the epidemiology and larval ecology of Diphyllobothrium species.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제54권4호
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• pp.503-507
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• 2016

The genus Spirometra belongs to the family Diphyllobothriidae and order Pseudophyllidea, and includes intestinal parasites of cats and dogs. In this study, a plerocercoid labeled as Spirometra mansonoides from the USA was examined for species identification and phylogenetic analysis using 2 complete mitochondrial genes, cytochrome c oxidase I (cox1) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 (nad3). The cox1 sequences (1,566 bp) of the plerocercoid specimen (USA) showed 99.2% similarity to the reference sequences of the plerocercoid of Korean Spirometra decipiens (GenBank no. KJ599679), and 99.1% similarity in regard to nad3 (346 bp). Phylogenetic tree topologies generated using 4 analytical methods were identical and showed high confidence levels with bootstrap values of 1.00, 100%, 100%, and 100% for Bayesian inference (BI), maximum-likelihood (ML), neighbor-joining (NJ), and maximum parsimony (MP) methods, respectively. Representatives of Diphyllobothrium and Spirometra species formed a monophyletic group, and the sister-genera status between these species was well supported. Trapezoic proglottids in the posterior 1/5 region of an adult worm obtained from an experimentally infected cat were morphologically examined. The outer uterine loop of the uterus coiling characteristically consisted of 2 complete turns. The results clearly indicated that the examined Spirometra specimen from the USA matched to S. decipiens very well, and indicated possible presence of the life cycle of this species in this region.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.155-168
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• 1986

한국산 잉어에 기생하는 흡두촌충, Bothriocephalus opsariichthydis의 기생상황과 생활사를 구명하여 그 피해예방대상을 수립할 목적으로 충남 대천읍 소재 유지양어장과 전북 경친저수지 가두리 양어장산 이스라엘잉어 및 군산산 비단잉어 장내에 기생된 촌충의 기생률을 조사하였다. 검출된 촌충 충난을 실험실에서 부화시켜 copepod에 감염시킴으로써 중간숙주의 종과 procercoid의 발육과정을 조사하였다. 그리고, 감염된 copepod를 잉어 치어에 먹여, 잉어 장내에서 유충으로부터 성충에 이르는 발육과정을 조사하여 본 충의 전생활사를 완전히 구명하였다. 성숙란은 배구가 말형성된 난할기의 난이었고, 그 크기는 $47.5-55.0(50.9){\times}30.0-32.5(31.1){\mu}m$ 였다. 실온 $26{\sim}28^{\circ}C$때, 산출된 충난은 48시간 이내에 대부분이 coracidium으로 부화되었다. Termocyclops hyalinus, Paracyclops fimbriatus, Acanthodiaptomus pacificus, Daphnia sp.를 부화된 coracidium에 접촉시킨 바 Termocyclops hyalinus와 Paracyclops fimbriatus만이 감염을 나타냈고, 감염률은 각각 $93.5\%,\;75.5\%$였다. B. opsariichthydis의 유충이 Termocyclops hyalinus, Paracyclops fimbriatus에 감염된 후 14일 만에 성숙한 procercoid로 되었고 이 때의 크기는 $207-226(214){\times}90-102(94){\mu}m$, 미포는 소실되었으며 석회소체는 $40{\sim}60$개가 나타났다. 성숙한 procercoid가 감염되어 있는 Thermocyclops hyalinus를 잉어 치어가 섭취한 후 60일 경과되어 성충으로 발육되었고, 이 때의 크기는 전장 43.20-117.40(112.20)mm, 두부 $1.140-1.320(1.215){\times}l.240-1.520(1.345)mm$, 미부 최대폭 1.600-2.120(1.770)mm였고, 체절수 $186{\sim}778(493)$개였다. 1984년 8월의 이스라엘잉어에서 B. opsariichthydis의 기생률은 대천산 $55.5\%$, 경친산 $64.7\%$의 높은 기생률을 나타냈고, 1985년 7월 중순에서 8월 초순에 채집한 대천산 이스라엘잉어의 기생률은 $21.6%$, 1984년 군산산 비단잉어는 $14.9\%$의 기생률을 보였다.