Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory for Zoonosis Control and Prevention, Institute of Pathogens and Vectors, Dali University, Dali, 671000, Yunnan, China.
School of Life Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, 650000, China.
Parasitol Res. 2024 Aug 19;123(8):302. doi: 10.1007/s00436-024-08321-y.
Penicillidia dufourii (Westwood 1834) is a specialized parasite categorized under family Nycteribiidae that prefers to parasitize the body surface of various bats under the genus Myotis. Many species of the family Nycteribiidae are carriers of various pathogens; however, research on P. dufourii remains scarce, and studies on its molecular identification and population genetic structure are still lacking. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of P. dufourii was elucidated for the first time using Illumina sequencing. The mitochondrial genome is 15,354 bp in size and encodes approximately 37 genes, including 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and 1 control region. Analysis of 13 protein-coding genes revealed that UUA, UCA, CGA, and GGA were the most common codons, while nad4L had the fastest evolutionary rate and cox1 the slowest. Phylogenetic analysis based on the mitochondrial genome indicated that P. dufourii is clustered with other species of the family Nycteribiidae and is most closely related to Nycteribia parvula and Phthiridium szechuanum.
杜福氏鳞蝠（Westwood 1834）是一种专门寄生在各种蝙蝠体表的蝙蝠科寄生虫，属于蝙蝠科。蝙蝠科中有许多种寄生虫是各种病原体的携带者；然而，关于杜福氏鳞蝠的研究仍然很少，对其分子鉴定和种群遗传结构的研究仍然缺乏。在这项研究中，我们首次使用 Illumina 测序阐明了杜福氏鳞蝠的完整线粒体基因组。线粒体基因组大小为 15354bp，编码大约 37 个基因，包括 13 个蛋白质编码基因、22 个 tRNA 基因、2 个 rRNA 基因和 1 个控制区。对 13 个蛋白质编码基因的分析表明，UUA、UCA、CGA 和 GGA 是最常见的密码子，而 nad4L 的进化速度最快，cox1 的进化速度最慢。基于线粒体基因组的系统发育分析表明，杜福氏鳞蝠与蝙蝠科的其他物种聚类在一起，与 Nycteribia parvula 和 Phthiridium szechuanum 关系最密切。
