• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.153-163
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• 2005

To clarify the species validity of the genus Spirometra, the biological characteristics of Spirometra erinacei and S. mansonoides by developmental stages were compared. Their experimental life cycles were maintained under the same laboratory conditions, and the biological characteristics were experimentally observed in vivo and in vitro conditions. Eggs of S. erinacei and S. mansonoides were $59.6\pm35.6{\mu}m\;and\;61.4\pm35.8{\mu}m$ in each average size. Both of them became fully matured and hatched in 8 days after incubation at $29^{\circ}C$. The coracidium of S. erinacei was $43.6\times35.8{\mu}m$ in average size, and retained a oncosphere of $39.3\times31.0{\mu}m$. That of S. mansonoides was $43.0\times36.3{\mu}m$ in average size, and retained a oncosphere of $38.3\times30.8{\mu}m$. Procercoids of S. erinacei were somewhat larger than those of S. mansonoides. Both species of procercoids older than 7 days in cyclops had minute spines at the anterior end, calcium corpuscles in the parenchyme and a cercomer at the posterior end. The procercoids older than 4 days in cyclops were infective to tadpoles. The procercoids older than 8 days revealed the infectivity to mice. Plerocercoids of S. erinacei were somewhat lager than those of S. mansonoides when they were compared by age of worms in tadpoles. Both species of plerocercoids older than 5 days were infective to mice. Among 138 plerocercoids of S. erinacei recovered from the experimental mice, $55(39.9\%)$ were detected in the neck portion, $35 (25.4\%)$ in the back portion, $25(18.1\%)$ in the anterior legs, and $23 (16.7\%)$ were found in the abdomen. In case of S. mansonoides plerocercoids, $42.0\%$ were found in the neck portion, $23.8\%$ in the back portion, $14.4\%$ in the abdomen, $13.3\%$ in the anterior legs, and $6.1\%$ were found in the posterior legs. From the above results, it was confirmed that the biological characteristics of S. erinacei and S. mansonoides are almost same when their life cycles are mainteined under the same laboratory condition. Accordingly, these findings suggest that S. erinacei and S. mansonoides may be the same species.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.277-282
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• 1997

만손열두조충과 북미열두조충 (Spirometra mansonoides)의 형태 차이점은 성숙편절의 자궁의 형대 가 전자근 차곡차곡 쌓인 꼴이고 후자는 알과벳 씨자 (C)형태이라는 점이다 이 비슷한 명태의 두 종 의 조충이 유전학적으로는 얼마나 차이가 있는지를 알기 위하여 중합효소연쇄반응-마디길이여러꼴 분석법(polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis)을 이용하여 유전 형질을 비교하였다. 충체로부터 285리넓솜 리보핵산 (285 rDNA), 사립체 cytochlmsc 산화 효소 아단위 I (mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1, mCOI) 및 리보솜 내부 전사된 영역 1 (ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1, ITSI)에 대한 중합효소반응 산물을 구하였다. 이 산를은 Msp I. Hue III, Alu I, Cfo I, Rsc I의 4 염기 제한 효소로 잘라서, 전기영동하여 길과를 PAUP 3.1.1을 이용하여 분석 하였다. 285 리보솜 리보핵산과 리보솜 내부 전사된 영역 1 유진자에서는 두 충체 가 동일 한 분류가지에 묶였고 홀로서기수 (bootstrap number)는 94, 100이었다. 사립체 cytochrome c 산 화효소 아단위 1에서는 다른 분류가지에 묶였고 홀로서기수가 74이었다. 위 결과로 투 조충이 같은 조상에서 유래함과 진화 단계에서 매우 가까운 위치에 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 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.