McAllister Chris T, Hnida John A, Woodyard Ethan T, Rosser Thomas G
Science and Mathematics Division, Eastern Oklahoma Stage College, Idabel, OK, 74745, USA.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, 85308, USA.
Syst Parasitol. 2019 Nov;96(8):695-702. doi: 10.1007/s11230-019-09881-9. Epub 2019 Sep 3.
Although nine nominal species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 have been reported from owls (Strigiformes Wagler), molecular data are available for only one, Eimeria megabubonis Upton, Campbell, Weigel & McKown, 1990. This species has been reported from the great horned owl, Bubo virginianus (Gmelin) at the type-locality of Kansas, USA, and the additional localities of Oklahoma and Mississippi, USA. Eimeria bubonis Cawthorn & Stockdale, 1981, also from B. virginianus, is represented in the literature only by its original description from Saskatchewan, Canada. The present work reports a novel host locality of E. bubonis from B. virginianus in Arkansas, USA. Additionally, novel molecular data from the 18S ribosomal RNA gene and the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 mitochondrial gene is provided for E. bubonis. Phylogenetic analysis using the newly generated and previously published sequence data for Eimeria spp. is also presented.
尽管已报道有9种1875年命名的艾美耳球虫寄生于鸮形目鸟类，但仅有1990年命名的大泡艾美耳球虫（Eimeria megabubonis Upton, Campbell, Weigel & McKown）有分子数据。该物种已在美国堪萨斯州的模式产地以及美国俄克拉何马州和密西西比州的大角鸮（Bubo virginianus (Gmelin)）中被报道。1981年命名的巴氏艾美耳球虫（Eimeria bubonis Cawthorn & Stockdale）也寄生于大角鸮，但文献中仅有来自加拿大萨斯喀彻温省的原始描述。本研究报道了美国阿肯色州大角鸮中巴氏艾美耳球虫新的宿主产地。此外，还提供了巴氏艾美耳球虫18S核糖体RNA基因和细胞色素c氧化酶亚基1线粒体基因的新分子数据。同时，还展示了利用新生成的以及之前发表的艾美耳球虫属序列数据进行的系统发育分析。
