Trypanosoma irwini n. sp (Sarcomastigophora: Trypanosomatidae) from the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 875-885

  McInnes, L M ^a   Gillett, A ^b   Ryan, U M ^a   Austen, J ^a   Campbell, R S F ^c   Hanger, J ^b   Reid, S A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Wildlife Hospital   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; gGAPDH; Koala; Phylogeny; Trypanosoma spp.

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC TRAIT; KOALA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MALE; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AVES; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BENNETTI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 67749147115     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009006313     Document Type: Article

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