Mitochondrial genome of Babesia orientalis, apicomplexan parasite of water buffalo (Bubalus babalis, Linnaeus, 1758) endemic in China

• Published in: Parasites & vectors Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 82
• Main Authors: He, Lan, Zhang, Ying, Zhang, Qing-Li, Zhang, Wen-Jie, Feng, Hui-Hui, Khan, Muhammad Kasib, Hu, Min, Zhou, Yan-Qin, Zhao, Jun-Long
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Springer-Verlag 28.02.2014; BioMed Central Ltd; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: amino acid sequences; Amino acids; Animals; Babesia; Babesia - genetics; Babesia - isolation & purification; Babesia orientalis; Babesiosis - parasitology; Base Sequence; Bubalus; buffaloes; Buffaloes - parasitology; China; computer software; cytochrome b; cytochrome-c oxidase; DNA Primers - genetics; DNA, Protozoan - genetics; epidemiological studies; Epidemiology; genes; Genetic aspects; Genome, Mitochondrial - genetics; Genome, Protozoan - genetics; mitochondrial DNA; Mitochondrial genome; Mitochondrion; Molecular Sequence Annotation; Molecular Sequence Data; new species; nucleotide sequences; parasites; Phylogeny; Physiological aspects; Plasmodium falciparum; polymerase chain reaction; Population genetics; Protozoan Proteins - genetics; ribosomal RNA; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Theileria parva; China; China, People's Rep., Hubei Prov., Wuhan

BACKGROUND: Apicomplexan parasites of the genus Babesia, Theileria and Plasmodium are very closely related organisms. Interestingly, their mitochondrial (mt) genomes are highly divergent. Among Babesia, Babesia orientalis is a new species recently identified and specifically epidemic to the southern...