基因组学分析Chilomastix和Retortamonas物种使用体外脱落的鞭毛体

Jun Suzuki1, Sanjib Kumar Sardar2, Ajanta Ghosal2

  • 1Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

概括

这项研究成功诱导了Chilomastix mesnili和Retortamonas sp.的脱离. 来自和蒙古斯. 遗传学分析揭示了与人类和两动物菌株的遗传相似之处,这表明宿主养习惯会影响寄生虫类型.

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