%0 Journal Article
%T A comparative molecular and 3-dimensional structural investigation into cross-continental and novel avian Trypanosoma spp. in Australia
%A Adriana Botero
%A Amanda Kristancic
%A Christopher Peacock
%A Crystal Cooper
%A Peta L. Clode
%A R. C. Andrew Thompson
%A Yaowanuj Kirilak
%J Archive of "Parasites & Vectors".
%D 2017
%R 10.1186/s13071-017-2173-x
%X Molecular and structural information on avian Trypanosoma spp. throughout Australia is limited despite their intrinsic value in understanding trypanosomatid evolution, diversity, and structural biology. In Western Australia tissue samples (n£¿=£¿429) extracted from 93 birds in 25 bird species were screened using generic PCR primers to investigate the diversity of Trypanosoma spp. To investigate avian trypanosome structural biology the first 3-dimensional ultrastructural models of a Trypanosoma spp. (Trypanosoma sp. AAT) isolated from a bird (currawong, Strepera spp.) were generated using focussed ion beam milling combined with scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM)
%K Trypanosoma
%K Australian birds
%K 18S rDNA
%K FIB-SEM
%K Mitochondrion
%K Kinetoplast
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5427604/