How monoxenous trypanosomatids revealed hidden feeding habits of their tsetse fly hosts
Jazyk angličtina Země Česko Médium electronic
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články
PubMed
34309583
DOI
10.14411/fp.2021.019
PII: 2021.019
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- Klíčová slova
- Glossina, Trypanosoma, adenotrophic viviparity, blood-feeding, bodonids, infection.,
- MeSH
- interakce hostitele a parazita * MeSH
- moucha tse-tse * parazitologie fyziologie MeSH
- stravovací zvyklosti MeSH
- Trypanosomatina fyziologie MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Středoafrická republika MeSH
Tsetse flies are well-known vectors of trypanosomes pathogenic for humans and livestock. For these strictly blood-feeding viviparous flies, the host blood should be the only source of nutrients and liquids, as well as any exogenous microorganisms colonising their intestine. Here we describe the unexpected finding of several monoxenous trypanosomatids in their gut. In a total of 564 individually examined Glossina (Austenia) tabaniformis (Westwood) (436 specimens) and Glossina (Nemorhina) fuscipes fuscipes (Newstead) (128 specimens) captured in the Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic, 24 (4.3%) individuals were infected with monoxenous trypanosomatids belonging to the genera Crithidia Léger, 1902; Kentomonas Votýpka, Yurchenko, Kostygov et Lukeš, 2014; Novymonas Kostygov et Yurchenko, 2020; Obscuromonas Votýpka et Lukeš, 2021; and Wallacemonas Kostygov et Yurchenko, 2014. Moreover, additional 20 (3.5%) inspected tsetse flies harboured free-living bodonids affiliated with the genera Dimastigella Sandon, 1928; Neobodo Vickerman, 2004; Parabodo Skuja, 1939; and Rhynchomonas Klebs, 1892. In the context of the recently described feeding behaviour of these dipterans, we propose that they become infected while taking sugar meals and water, providing indirect evidence that blood is not their only source of food and liquids.
Department of Botany and Zoology Faculty of Science Masaryk University Brno Czech Republic
Department of Parasitology Faculty of Science Charles University Prague Czech Republic
Faculty of Sciences University of South Bohemia Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
Institute of Parasitology Biology Centre Czech Academy of Sciences Ceske Budejovice Czech Republic
Institute of Vertebrate Biology Czech Academy of Sciences Studenec Czech Republic
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