Streptomyces antibioticalis, a Novel Species from a Sanitary Landfill Soil

A novel isolate belonging to the genus Streptomyces, strain SL-4^T, was isolated from soil sample collected from a sanitary landfill, New Delhi, India. The taxonomic status of this isolate was studied by polyphasic approach including morphological, physiological and chemo-taxonomic characterization. Spore chains of SL-4^T were open loops, hooks or extended spirals of wide diameter (retinaculiperti). The cell wall peptidoglycan of the isolate SL-4^T contained L,L-diaminopimelic acid, suggesting that the strain has a cell wall of chemotype-I. The polar lipid profile of the isolate was of Type II, with phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylinositol mannosides. The 16SrRNA gene sequence similarity between SL-4^T and its phylogenetic relatives Streptomyces atrovirens NRRLB 16357^T ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"DQ026672","term_id":"68137786","term_text":"DQ026672"}}DQ026672), S. albogriseolus NRRLB 1305^T ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AJ494865","term_id":"21742835","term_text":"AJ494865"}}AJ494865), S viridodiastaticus NBRC 13106^T ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AB184317","term_id":"90960133","term_text":"AB184317"}}AB184317), S. caelestis NRRL 2418^T ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"X80824","term_id":"587528","term_text":"X80824"}}X80824), S. flavoviridis NBRC 12772^T ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AB184842","term_id":"90960663","term_text":"AB184842"}}AB184842), S. pilosus NBRC 12807^T ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AB184161","term_id":"90959977","term_text":"AB184161"}}AB184161) and S. longispororuber NBRC 13488^T ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AB184440","term_id":"90960256","term_text":"AB184440"}}AB184440) was 99.65, 99.65, 99.64, 99.23, 99.15, 99.14 and 99.13 % respectively. Subsequent DNA–DNA hybridization experiments with the test strain and its clade members showed 55.27, 44.27, 36.86, and 15.65 % relatedness between SL-4^T and its relatives S. atrovirens,S. albogriseolus, S. viridodiastaticus and S. longispororuber respectively. The genotypic and phenotypic data was analyzed to verify possibility of the isolate SL-4^T representing novel member of the genus Streptomyces, for which the name S. antibioticalis is being proposed. The type strain is SL-4^T (=CCM 7434^T=MTCC 8588^T).     

Butlerius butleri Goodey, 1929 (Rhabditida) from Iran with the Phylogenetic Position of the Species

A population of Butlerius butleri Goodey, 1929 was isolated from vermicompost in Kerman in the Kerman Province of Iran during a nematode survey that was conducted during 2014. This population of B. butleri is characterized by the presence of a dorsal thorn-like tooth (4 to 5 μm long), long spicules (44 to 47 μm long), gubernaculum (33 to 37 μm or more than half of the spicule length), three pairs of precloacal papillae, five pairs of postcloacal papillae (papillae V3 and V5 comprising three small papillae), and a long filiform tail (304 to 409 μm in females, 312 to 380 μm in males). Molecular and phylogenetic analysis of B. butleri individuals from this Iranian population based on 18S ribosomal deoxyribonucleic acid (rDNA) sequence placed this species close to Pseudodiplogasteroides compositus ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AB597237","term_id":"354681824","term_text":"AB597237"}}AB597237) and an unidentified Pseudodiplogasteroides species ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AB597238","term_id":"354681825","term_text":"AB597238"}}AB597238). Measurements, illustrations, and the phylogenetic tree, including the position of B. butleri are provided.     

High Prevalence and Significant Association of ESBL and QNR Genes in Pathogenic Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates of Patients from Kolkata, India

Pathogenic Klebsiella pneumoniae, resistant to beta-lactam and quinolone drugs, is widely recognized as important bacteria causing array of diseases. The resistance property is obtained by acquisition of plasmid encoded bla_TEM, bla_SHV, bla_CTX-M, QNRA, QNRB and QNRS genes. The aim of this study was to document the prevalence and association of these resistant genes in K. pneumoniae infecting patients in India. Approximately 97 and 76.7 % of the 73 K. pneumoniae isolates showed resistance towards beta-lactam and quinolone drugs respectively. Bla genes were detected in 74 % of K. pneumoniae isolates; with prevalence in the following order: bla_TEM > bla_SHV > bla_CTXM. QNR genes were detected in 67 % samples. Chi-square analysis revealed significant association between presence of bla and qnr genes in our study (P value = 0.000125). Sequence analysis of some bla_TEM, bla_SHV, bla_CTX-M and QNRB PCR products revealed presence of bla_TEM1 (GenBank accession: {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JN193522","term_id":"343796760","term_text":"JN193522"}}JN193522), bla_TEM116 ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JN193523","term_id":"343796762","term_text":"JN193523"}}JN193523 and {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JN193524","term_id":"343796764","term_text":"JN193524"}}JN193524), bla_SHV11, bla_CTXM72 variants ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JF523199","term_id":"329024835","term_text":"JF523199"}}JF523199) and QNRB1 ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JN193526","term_id":"343796802","term_text":"JN193526"}}JN193526 and {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JN193527","term_id":"343796804","term_text":"JN193527"}}JN193527) in our samples.     

LncRNA DQ786243 affects Treg related CREB and Foxp3 expression in Crohn’s disease

Background

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have different functions in cells. They work as signals, decoys, guides, and scaffolds. Altered lncRNA levels can affect the expression of gene products. There are seldom studies on the role of lncRNAs in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Results

Quantitative RT-PCR showed that {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"DQ786243","term_id":"110631570","term_text":"DQ786243"}}DQ786243 was significantly overexpressed in clinical active CD patients compared with clinical inactive CD patients (P = 0.0118) or healthy controls (P = 0.002). CREB was also more highly expressed in active CD than in inactive CD (P = 0.0034) or controls (P = 0.0241). Foxp3 was interestingly lower in inactive CD than in active CD (P = 0.0317) or controls (P = 0.0103), but there were no apparent differences between active CD and controls. CRP was well correlated with {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"DQ786243","term_id":"110631570","term_text":"DQ786243"}}DQ786243 (r = 0.489, P = 0.034), CREB (r = 0.500, P = 0.029) and Foxp3 (r = 0.546, P = 0.016). At 48 hours after {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"DQ786243","term_id":"110631570","term_text":"DQ786243"}}DQ786243 transfection, qRT-PCR showed both CREB (P = 0.017) and Foxp3 (P = 0.046) had an increased mRNA expression in Jurkat cells. Western blot showed the same pattern. After {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"DQ786243","term_id":"110631570","term_text":"DQ786243"}}DQ786243 transfection, CREB phosphorylation ratio (p-CREB/t-CREB) was increased (P = 0.0043).

Conclusion

{"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"DQ786243","term_id":"110631570","term_text":"DQ786243"}}DQ786243 can be related with severity of CD. It can affect the expression of CREB and Foxp3 through which regulates the function of Treg. CREB itself seems not the mediator of {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"DQ786243","term_id":"110631570","term_text":"DQ786243"}}DQ786243 to up-regulate Foxp3. The phosphorylation of CREB might play a more important role in the process.     

First Report of Northern Root-Knot Nematode,Meloidogyne hapla,Parasitic on Oaks,Quercus brantii and Q. infectoria in Iran

Root-knot nematodes (RKN) are the most serious plant parasitic nematodes having a broad host range exceeding 2,000 plant species. Quercus brantii Lindl. and Q. infectoria Oliv are the most important woody species of Zagros forests in west of Iran where favors sub-Mediterranean climate. National Botanical Garden of Iran (NBGI) is scheduled to be the basic center for research and education of botany in Iran. This garden, located in west of Tehran, was established in 1968 with an area of about 150 ha at altitude of 1,320 m. The Zagros collection has about 3-ha area and it has been designed for showing a small pattern of natural Zagros forests in west of Iran. Brant’s oak (Q. brantii) and oak manna tree (Q. infectoria) are the main woody species in Zagros collection, which have been planted in 1989. A nematological survey on Zagros forest collection in NBGI revealed heavily infection of 24-yr-old Q. brantii and Q. infectoria to RKN, Meloidogyne hapla. The roots contained prominent galls along with egg sac on the surface of each gall. The galls were relatively small and in some parts of root several galls were conjugated, and all galls contained large transparent egg masses. The identification of M. hapla was confirmed by morphological and morphometric characters and amplification of D2-D3 expansion segments of 28S rRNA gene. The obtained sequences of large-subunit rRNA gene from M. hapla was submitted to the GenBank database under the accession number {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KP319025","term_id":"852381377","term_text":"KP319025"}}KP319025. The sequence was compared with those of M. hapla deposited in GenBank using the BLAST homology search program and showed 99% similarity with those {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KJ755183","term_id":"667714404","term_text":"KJ755183"}}KJ755183, {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"GQ130139","term_id":"239819330","term_text":"GQ130139"}}GQ130139, {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"DQ328685","term_id":"84794916","term_text":"DQ328685"}}DQ328685, and {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KJ645428","term_id":"657709843","term_text":"KJ645428"}}KJ645428. The second stage juveniles of M. hapla isolated from Brant’s oak (Q. Brantii) showed the following morphometric characters: (n = 12), L = 394 ± 39.3 (348 to 450) µm; a = 30.9 ± 4 (24.4 to 37.6); b = 4.6 ± 0.44 (4 to 5.1); b΄ = 3.3 ± 0.3 (2.7 to 3.7), c = 8.0 ± 1 (6.2 to 10.3), ć = 5.3 ± 0.8 (3.5 to 6.3); Stylet = 12.1 ± 0.8 (11 to 13) µm; Tail = 50 ± 5.6 (42 to 57) µm; Hyaline 15 ± 1.8 (12 to 18) µm. Oak manna, Q. infectoria population of second stage juveniles clearly possessed short body length and consequently other morphometric features were less than those determined for Q. brantii population, and these features were: (n = 12), L = 359.0 ± 17.3 (319 to 372) µm; a = 28.6 ± 3 (22.8 to 31); b = 5.0 ± 0.3 (4.8 to 5.2); b΄ = 3.3 ± 0.2 (3 to 3.6), c = 8.1 ± 0.5 (7.4 to 8.8), ć = 4.7 ± 0.5 (3.9 to 5.2); Stylet = 11.4 ± 0.7 (10 to 12) µm; Tail = 44 ± 1.8 (42 to 47) µm; Hyaline 12 ± 1.7 (10 to 15) µm. To date two species of Meloidogyne, M. querciana Golden, 1979 and M. christiei Golden and Kaplan, 1986 have been reported to parasitize oaks (Quercus spp.) from the United States of America. M. querciana was found on pin oak Quercus palustris in Virginia. The oak RKN infected pine oak, red oak, and American chestnut heavily in greenhouse tests (Golden, 1979). The other species M. christiei was described from turkey oak and Q. laevis in Florida, which has monospecific host range (Golden and Kaplan, 1986). Both of these RKN species seem to be restricted to the United States of America and have not been reported from other place. According to our knowledge this is the first report of occurrence of M. hapla on Q. brantii and Q. infectoria in the world. This study includes these two oak species to the host range of RKN, M. hapla for the world and expands the information of RKN, M. hapla host ranges on oaks.     

Prevalence,antimicrobial resistance profile,and characterization of multi-drug resistant bacteria from various infected wounds in North Egypt

Multi-drug resistant (MDR) bacteria associated with wounds are extremely escalating. This study aims to survey different wounds in Alexandria hospitals, North Egypt, to explore the prevalence and characteristics of MDR bacteria for future utilization in antibacterial wound dressing designs. Among various bacterial isolates, we determined 22 MDR bacteria could resist different classes of antibiotics. The collected samples exhibited the prevalence of mono-bacterial infections (60%), while 40% included poly-bacterial species due to previous antibiotic administration. Moreover, Gram-negative bacteria showed dominance with a ratio of 63.6%, while Gram-positive bacteria reported 36.4%. Subsequently, the five most virulent bacteria were identified following the molecular approach by 16S rRNA and physiological properties using the VITEK 2 automated system. They were deposited in GenBank as Staphylococcus haemolyticus MST1 ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KY550377","term_id":"1304487819","term_text":"KY550377"}}KY550377), Pseudomonas aeruginosa MST2 ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KY550378","term_id":"1304487820","term_text":"KY550378"}}KY550378), Klebsiella pneumoniae MST3 ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KY550379","term_id":"1304487821","term_text":"KY550379"}}KY550379), Escherichia coli MST4 ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KY550380","term_id":"1304487822","term_text":"KY550380"}}KY550380), and Escherichia coli MST5 ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KY550381","term_id":"1304487823","term_text":"KY550381"}}KY550381). In terms of isolation source, S. haemolyticus MST1 was isolated from a traumatic wound, while P. aeruginosa MST2 and E. coli MST4 were procured from hernia surgical wounds, and K. pneumoniae MST3 and E. coli MST5 were obtained from diabetic foot ulcers. Antibiotic sensitivity tests exposed that K. pneumoniae MST3, E. coli MST4, and E. coli MST5 are extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) bacteria. Moreover, S. haemolyticus MST1 belongs to the methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococcus (MRCoNS), whereas P. aeruginosa MST2 exhibited resistance to common empirical bactericidal antibiotics. Overall, the study provides new insights into the prevalent MDR bacteria in Egypt for further use as specific models in formulating antibacterial wound dressings.     

Virtual Screening as a Strategy for the Identification of Xenobiotics Disrupting Corticosteroid Action

Background

Impaired corticosteroid action caused by genetic and environmental influence, including exposure to hazardous xenobiotics, contributes to the development and progression of metabolic diseases, cardiovascular complications and immune disorders. Novel strategies are thus needed for identifying xenobiotics that interfere with corticosteroid homeostasis. 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 2 (11β-HSD2) and mineralocorticoid receptors (MR) are major regulators of corticosteroid action. 11β-HSD2 converts the active glucocorticoid cortisol to the inactive cortisone and protects MR from activation by glucocorticoids. 11β-HSD2 has also an essential role in the placenta to protect the fetus from high maternal cortisol concentrations.

Methods and Principal Findings

We employed a previously constructed 3D-structural library of chemicals with proven and suspected endocrine disrupting effects for virtual screening using a chemical feature-based 11β-HSD pharmacophore. We tested several in silico predicted chemicals in a 11β-HSD2 bioassay. The identified antibiotic lasalocid and the silane-coupling agent {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AB110873","term_id":"44885399","term_text":"AB110873"}}AB110873 were found to concentration-dependently inhibit 11β-HSD2. Moreover, the silane {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AB110873","term_id":"44885399","term_text":"AB110873"}}AB110873 was shown to activate MR and stimulate mitochondrial ROS generation and the production of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6). Finally, we constructed a MR pharmacophore, which successfully identified the silane {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AB110873","term_id":"44885399","term_text":"AB110873"}}AB110873.

Conclusions

Screening of virtual chemical structure libraries can facilitate the identification of xenobiotics inhibiting 11β-HSD2 and/or activating MR. Lasalocid and {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AB110873","term_id":"44885399","term_text":"AB110873"}}AB110873 belong to new classes of 11β-HSD2 inhibitors. The silane {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AB110873","term_id":"44885399","term_text":"AB110873"}}AB110873 represents to the best of our knowledge the first industrial chemical shown to activate MR. Furthermore, the MR pharmacophore can now be used for future screening purposes.     

Genetic Identification of Spirometra decipiens Plerocercoids in Terrestrial Snakes from Korea and China

Human sparganosis is a zoonotic disease caused by infection with larval forms (procercoid/plerocercoid) of Spirometra spp. The purpose of this study was to identify Spirometra spp. of infected snakes using a multiplex PCR assay and phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequence data from the spargana of terrestrial snakes obtained from Korea and China. A total of 283 snakes were obtained that included 4 species of Colubridae comprising Rhabdophis tigrinus tigrinus (n=150), Dinodon rufozonatum rufozonatum (n=64), Elaphe davidi (n=2), and Elaphe schrenkii (n=7), and 1 species of Viperidae, Agkistrodon saxatilis (n=60). The snakes were collected from the provinces of Chungbuk, Chungnam, and Gyeongbuk in Korea (n=161), and from China (n=122). The overall infection rate with spargana was 83% (235/283). The highest was recorded for D. rufozonatum rufozonatum (100%), followed by A. saxatilis (85%) and R. tigrinus tigrinus (80%), with a negative result for E. davidi (0%) and E. schrenkii (0%). The sequence identities between the spargana from snakes (n=50) and Spirometra erinaceieuropaei ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KJ599680","term_id":"646228164","term_text":"KJ599680"}}KJ599680) or S. decipiens ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KJ599679","term_id":"646228151","term_text":"KJ599679"}}KJ599679) control specimens were 90.8% and 99.2%, respectively. Pairwise genetic distances between spargana (n=50) and S. decipiens ranged from 0.0080 to 0.0107, while those between spargana and S. erinaceieuropaei ranged from 0.1070 to 0.1096. In this study, all of the 904 spargana analyzed were identified as S. decipiens either by a multiplex PCR assay (n=854) or mitochondrial cox1 sequence analysis (n=50).     

Small molecule sensitization to TRAIL is mediated via nuclear localization,phosphorylation and inhibition of chaperone activity of Hsp27

The small chaperone protein Hsp27 confers resistance to apoptosis, and therefore is an attractive anticancer drug target. We report here a novel mechanism underlying the tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) sensitizing activity of the small molecule {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"LY303511","term_id":"1257646067","term_text":"LY303511"}}LY303511, an inactive analog of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor inhibitor {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"LY294002","term_id":"1257998346","term_text":"LY294002"}}LY294002, in HeLa cells that are refractory to TRAIL-induced apoptosis. On the basis of the fact that {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"LY303511","term_id":"1257646067","term_text":"LY303511"}}LY303511 is derived from {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"LY294002","term_id":"1257998346","term_text":"LY294002"}}LY294002, itself derived from quercetin, and earlier findings indicating that quercetin and {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"LY294002","term_id":"1257998346","term_text":"LY294002"}}LY294002 affected Hsp27 expression, we investigated whether {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"LY303511","term_id":"1257646067","term_text":"LY303511"}}LY303511 sensitized cancer cells to TRAIL via a conserved inhibitory effect on Hsp27. We provide evidence that upon treatment with {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"LY303511","term_id":"1257646067","term_text":"LY303511"}}LY303511, Hsp27 is progressively sequestered in the nucleus, thus reducing its protective effect in the cytosol during the apoptotic process. {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"LY303511","term_id":"1257646067","term_text":"LY303511"}}LY303511-induced nuclear translocation of Hsp27 is linked to its sustained phosphorylation via activation of p38 kinase and MAPKAP kinase 2 and the inhibition of PP2A. Furthermore, Hsp27 phosphorylation leads to the subsequent dissociation of its large oligomers and a decrease in its chaperone activity, thereby further compromising the death inhibitory activity of Hsp27. Furthermore, genetic manipulation of Hsp27 expression significantly affected the TRAIL sensitizing activity of {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"LY303511","term_id":"1257646067","term_text":"LY303511"}}LY303511, which corroborated the Hsp27 targeting activity of {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"LY303511","term_id":"1257646067","term_text":"LY303511"}}LY303511. Taken together, these data indicate a novel mechanism of small molecule sensitization to TRAIL through targeting of Hsp27 functions, rather than its overall expression, leading to decreased cellular protection, which could have therapeutic implications for overcoming chemotherapy resistance in tumor cells.     

First report,morphological and molecular characterization of Xiphinema elongatum and X. pachtaicum (Nematoda,Longidoridae) from Ethiopia

A total of six soil samples were collected around rhizosphere of citrus plants during 2010 from Melkassa Agricultural Research Center experimental station, Ethiopia. From these samples two most important ecto-plant parasitic nematodes of the genus Xiphinema were found and analysed. The genus Xiphinema is a large group of the phylum nematoda which constitutes more than 260 species. They are polyphagous root- ectoparasites of many crop plants and some species of this genus cause damage by direct feeding on root tips and transmit nepoviruses. The delimitation and discrimination of two species in the genus is presented, described herein as Xiphinema elongatum and Xiphinema pachtaicum. Morphological and morphometric data were done using light microscopy and results of both species were fit within the previously described nematode species of Xiphinema elongatum and Xiphinema pachtaicum. 18S rDNA were analysed using Bayesian inference (BI) method to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships of the studied Xiphinema sp. ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KP407872","term_id":"806981416","term_text":"KP407872"}}KP407872 Xiphinema elongatum and {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KP407873","term_id":"806981417","term_text":"KP407873"}}KP407873 Xiphinema pachtaicum) with other Xiphinema species. The 18S rDNA sequence of Xiphinema pachtaicum was alike to previously described species from the GenBank but Xiphinema elongatum exhibited very small levels of nucleotides differences (0.4%) which might be possible intra-specific divergence. Though this region of rDNA has less resolution on complex species, its combination with morphological and morphometric analyses, suggests these species as Xiphinema elongatum and Xiphinema pachtaicum with the GenBank accession number of {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KP407872","term_id":"806981416","term_text":"KP407872"}}KP407872 and {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KP407873","term_id":"806981417","term_text":"KP407873"}}KP407873, respectively. Short notes, morphological measurements, illustrations, and molecular data are given to these species. These species are reported for the first time from Ethiopia and it provides new geographical information of these organisms.     

Characterization of SNP and Structural Variations in the Mitochondrial Genomes of Tilletia indica and Its Closely Related Species Formed Basis for a Simple Diagnostic Assay

Tilletia indica causes the disease Karnal bunt in wheat. The disease is under international quarantine regulations. Comparative mitochondrial (mt) genome analysis of T. indica ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KX394364","term_id":"1128620031","term_text":"KX394364"}}KX394364 and {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"DQ993184","term_id":"115361453","term_text":"DQ993184"}}DQ993184) and T. walkeri ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"EF536375","term_id":"144925993","term_text":"EF536375"}}EF536375) has found 325 to 328 SNPs, 57 to 60 short InDels (from 1 to 13 nt), two InDels (30 and 61 nt) and five (>200 nt) presence/absence variations (PAVs) between the two species. The mt genomes of both species have identical gene order. The numbers of SNPs and InDels between the mt genomes of the two species are approximately nine times of the corresponding numbers between the two T. indica isolates. There are eight SNPs between T. indica and T. walkeri that resulted in amino acid substitutions in the mt genes of cob, nad2 and nad5. In contrast, there is no amino acid substitution in the mt genes of the T. indica isolates from the SNPs found. The five PAVs present in T. indica ({"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"DQ993184","term_id":"115361453","term_text":"DQ993184"}}DQ993184) are absent in T. walkeri. Four PAVs are more than 1 kb and are not present in every T. indica isolate. Analysis of their presence and absence separates a collection of T. indica isolates into 11 subgroups. Two PAVs have ORFs for the LAGLIDAG endonuclease and two have ORFs for the GIY-YIG endonuclease family, which are representatives of homing endonuclease genes (HEGs). These intron- encoded HEGs confer intron mobility and account for their fluid distribution in T. indica isolates. The small PAV of 221 bp, present in every T. indica isolate and unique to the species, was used as the genetic fingerprint for the successful development of a rapid, highly sensitive and specific loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay. The simple procedure of the LAMP assay and the easy detection formats will enable the assay to be automated for high throughput diagnosis.     

Genome sequences published outside of Standards in Genomic Sciences, March-April 2012

The purpose of this table is to provide the community with a citable record of publications of ongoing genome sequencing projects that have led to a publication in the scientific literature. While our goal is to make the list complete, there is no guarantee that we may have omitted one or more publications appearing in this time frame. Readers and authors who wish to have publications added to subsequent versions of this list are invited to provide the bibliographic data for such references to the SIGS editorial office.

Phylum Euryarchaeota

• Halococcus hamelinensis, sequence accession PRJNA80845 [1]
• “Methanocella conradii” HZ254, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003243","term_id":"379319823","term_text":"CP003243"}}CP003243 [2]
• Thermococcus litoralis NS-C, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AHVB00000000","term_id":"374743520","term_text":"AHVB00000000"}}AHVB00000000 [3]

Phylum Crenarchaeota

• Candidatus Nitrosopumilus salaria” BD31, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AEXL00000000","term_id":"386807666","term_text":"AEXL00000000"}}AEXL00000000 [4]
• Candidatus Nitrosoarchaeum limnia, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AHJG00000000","term_id":"367466343","term_text":"AHJG00000000"}}AHJG00000000 [5]

Phylum Deinococcus-Thermus

• Deinococcus gobiensis, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP002536","term_id":"324314064","term_text":"CP002536"}}CP002536 [6]

Phylum Proteobacteria

• Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans strain ANH9381, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003099","term_id":"365745154","term_text":"CP003099"}}CP003099 [7]
• Alishewanella jeotgali, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AHTH00000000","term_id":"374571619","term_text":"AHTH00000000"}}AHTH00000000 [8]
• Enterobacter aerogenes KCTC 2190, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP002824","term_id":"334732565","term_text":"CP002824"}}CP002824 [9]
• Escherichia coli O104:H4, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AFOB02000092","term_id":"340739517","term_text":"AFOB02000092"}}AFOB02000092 [10]
• Helicobacter pylori strains 17874, sequence accession PRJNA76569 [11]
• Helicobacter pylori strains P79, sequence accession PRJNA76567 [11]
• Janthinobacterium sp. Strain PAMC 25724, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AHHB00000000","term_id":"372292151","term_text":"AHHB00000000"}}AHHB00000000 [12]
• Klebsiella oxytoca KCTC 1686, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003218","term_id":"365906294","term_text":"CP003218"}}CP003218 [13]
• Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae HS11286, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003200","term_id":"364515570","term_text":"CP003200"}}CP003200 (chromosome), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003223","term_id":"365803686","term_text":"CP003223"}}CP003223 (plasmid pKPHS1), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003224","term_id":"365803828","term_text":"CP003224"}}CP003224 (plasmid pKPHS2), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003225","term_id":"365803989","term_text":"CP003225"}}CP003225 (plasmid pKPHS3), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003226","term_id":"365804142","term_text":"CP003226"}}CP003226 (plasmid pKPHS4), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003227","term_id":"365804147","term_text":"CP003227"}}CP003227 (plasmid pKPHS5), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003228","term_id":"365804153","term_text":"CP003228"}}CP003228 (plasmid pKPHS6) [14]
• Oceanimonas sp. GK1, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003171","term_id":"372983507","term_text":"CP003171"}}CP003171 [15]
• “Pseudogulbenkiania ferrooxidans” Strain 2002, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"NZ_ACIS01000000","term_id":"224827334","term_text":"ref||NZ_ACIS01000000"}}NZ_ACIS01000000 [16]
• Pseudomonas extremaustralis 14-3b, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AHIP00000000","term_id":"371721769","term_text":"AHIP00000000"}}AHIP00000000 [17]
• Pseudomonas sp. Strain PAMC 25886, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AHHC00000000","term_id":"372002201","term_text":"AHHC00000000"}}AHHC00000000 [18]
• Psychrobacter, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AHVZ00000000","term_id":"375126956","term_text":"AHVZ00000000"}}AHVZ00000000 [19]
• Rahnella sp. Strain Y9602, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP002505","term_id":"321165934","term_text":"CP002505"}}CP002505 [20]
• Rhizobium sp. Strain PDO1-076, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AHZC00000000","term_id":"375058045","term_text":"AHZC00000000"}}AHZC00000000 [21]
• Rhodospirillum photometricum DSM122, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"HE663493","term_id":"378401447","term_text":"HE663493"}}HE663493 [22]
• “Rickettsia sibirica sibirica”, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AHIZ00000000","term_id":"374669031","term_text":"AHIZ00000000"}}AHIZ00000000 [23]
• Rickettsia sibirica subsp. mongolitimonae strain HA-91, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AHZB00000000","term_id":"375318263","term_text":"AHZB00000000"}}AHZB00000000 [24]
• Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serotype Enteritidis Strain LA5, sequence accession [25]
• Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serotype Senftenberg Strain SS209, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CAGQ00000000","term_id":"379987603","term_text":"CAGQ00000000"}}CAGQ00000000 [26]
• Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Typhi P-stx-12, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003278","term_id":"374352002","term_text":"CP003278"}}CP003278 (chromosome) and {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003279","term_id":"374356693","term_text":"CP003279"}}CP003279 (plasmid) [27]
• Sphingomonas echinoides ATCC 14820, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AHIR00000000","term_id":"366040205","term_text":"AHIR00000000"}}AHIR00000000 [28]
• Strain HIMB55, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AGIF00000000","term_id":"374304583","term_text":"AGIF00000000"}}AGIF00000000 [29]
• Vibrio harveyi CAIM 1792, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AHHQ00000000","term_id":"374671508","term_text":"AHHQ00000000"}}AHHQ00000000 [30]
• Wolbachia Strain wAlbB, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide-range","attrs":{"text":"CAGB01000001 to CAGB01000165","start_term":"CAGB01000001","end_term":"CAGB01000165","start_term_id":"371933004","end_term_id":"371931774"}}CAGB01000001 to CAGB01000165 [31]
• Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. punicae Strain LMG 859, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide-range","attrs":{"text":"CAGJ01000001 to CAGJ01000217","start_term":"CAGJ01000001","end_term":"CAGJ01000217","start_term_id":"372556075","end_term_id":"372551622"}}CAGJ01000001 to CAGJ01000217 [32]

Phylum Tenericutes

• Mycoplasma hyorhinis Strain GDL-1, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003231","term_id":"367460291","term_text":"CP003231"}}CP003231 [33]

Phylum Firmicutes

• Bacillus subtilis, sequence accession BGSCID 3A27 through BGSCID 28A4 [34]
• Clostridium difficile Strain CD37, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AHJJ00000000","term_id":"371930118","term_text":"AHJJ00000000"}}AHJJ00000000 [35]
• Clostridium perfringens, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AFES00000000","term_id":"380306484","term_text":"AFES00000000"}}AFES00000000 [36]
• Lactobacillus fructivorans KCTC 3543, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AEQY00000000","term_id":"316986063","term_text":"AEQY00000000"}}AEQY00000000 [37]
• Lactococcus lactis IO-1, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AP012281","term_id":"374672113","term_text":"AP012281"}}AP012281 [38]
• Lactobacillus plantarum strain NC8, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AGRI00000000","term_id":"376011245","term_text":"AGRI00000000"}}AGRI00000000 [39]
• Paenibacillus dendritiformis C454, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AHKH00000000","term_id":"374393106","term_text":"AHKH00000000"}}AHKH00000000 [40]
• Paenibacillus sp. Strain Aloe-11, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AGFI00000000","term_id":"374477730","term_text":"AGFI00000000"}}AGFI00000000 [41]
• “Peptoniphilus rhinitidis” 1-13^T, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide-range","attrs":{"text":"BAEW01000001 to BAEW01000056","start_term":"BAEW01000001","end_term":"BAEW01000056","start_term_id":"374722129","end_term_id":"374722074"}}BAEW01000001 to BAEW01000056 [42]
• Streptococcus macedonicus ACA-DC 198, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"HE613569","term_id":"372283141","term_text":"HE613569"}}HE613569 and {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"HE613570","term_id":"372285142","term_text":"HE613570"}}HE613570 [43]
• Staphylococcus aureus VC40, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003033","term_id":"374362062","term_text":"CP003033"}}CP003033 [44]
• Streptococcus infantarius subsp. infantarius Strain CJ18, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003295","term_id":"374681091","term_text":"CP003295"}}CP003295 (chromosome), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003296","term_id":"374682963","term_text":"CP003296"}}CP003296 (plasmid) [45]
• Streptococcus macedonicus ACA-DC 198, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"HE613569","term_id":"372283141","term_text":"HE613569"}}HE613569 (chromosome), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"HE613570","term_id":"372285142","term_text":"HE613570"}}HE613570 (plasmid pSMA198) [46]

Phylum Actinobacteria

• Actinoplanes sp. SE50/110, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"CP003170","term_id":"359832573","term_text":"CP003170"}}CP003170 [47]
• Amycolatopsis sp. Strain ATCC 39116, sequence accession [48]
• Nocardia cyriacigeorgica GUH-2, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"FO082843","term_id":"374843763","term_text":"FO082843"}}FO082843 [49]
• Salinibacterium sp., sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AHWA00000000","term_id":"375323651","term_text":"AHWA00000000"}}AHWA00000000 [50]
• Streptomyces acidiscabies 84-104, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AHBF00000000","term_id":"372137622","term_text":"AHBF00000000"}}AHBF00000000 [51]

Non-Bacterial genomes

• Bluetongue Virus Serotype 2, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AJ783905","term_id":"70907482","term_text":"AJ783905"}}AJ783905 (Seg-6) and {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ681257","term_id":"383932043","term_text":"JQ681257"}}JQ681257 (Seg-1), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ681257","term_id":"383932043","term_text":"JQ681257"}}JQ681257 (Seg-1), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ681258","term_id":"383932045","term_text":"JQ681258"}}JQ681258 (Seg-2), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ681259","term_id":"383932047","term_text":"JQ681259"}}JQ681259 (Seg-3), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ681260","term_id":"383932049","term_text":"JQ681260"}}JQ681260 (Seg-4), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ681261","term_id":"383932051","term_text":"JQ681261"}}JQ681261 (Seg-5), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ681262","term_id":"383932053","term_text":"JQ681262"}}JQ681262 (Seg-7), JQ6812563 (Seg-8), JQ6812564 (Seg-9), to {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ681265","term_id":"383932059","term_text":"JQ681265"}}JQ681265 (Seg-10) [52]
• Virus Serotype 1, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AJ585111","term_id":"118420282","term_text":"AJ585111"}}AJ585111 (Seg-2), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"AJ586659","term_id":"47826214","term_text":"AJ586659"}}AJ586659 (Seg-6), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ282770","term_id":"383215071","term_text":"JQ282770"}}JQ282770 (Seg-1), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ282771","term_id":"383215073","term_text":"JQ282771"}}JQ282771 (Seg-3), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ282772","term_id":"383215075","term_text":"JQ282772"}}JQ282772 (Seg-4), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ282773","term_id":"383215077","term_text":"JQ282773"}}JQ282773 (Seg-5), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ282774","term_id":"383215079","term_text":"JQ282774"}}JQ282774 (Seg-7), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ282775","term_id":"383215081","term_text":"JQ282775"}}JQ282775 (Seg-8), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ282776","term_id":"383215083","term_text":"JQ282776"}}JQ282776 (Seg-9), and {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ282777","term_id":"383215085","term_text":"JQ282777"}}JQ282777 (Seg-10) [52]
• Chloroplast genome of Erycina pusilla, sequence accession JF_746994 [53]
• Danio rerio, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ434101","term_id":"384872525","term_text":"JQ434101"}}JQ434101 [54]
• Enterococcal Bacteriophage SAP6, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JF731128","term_id":"343411857","term_text":"JF731128"}}JF731128 [55]
• Eubenangee virus, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ070376","term_id":"383513837","term_text":"JQ070376"}}JQ070376 through {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ070385","term_id":"383513855","term_text":"JQ070385"}}JQ070385 [56]
• Fujian/411-like viruses, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide-range","attrs":{"text":"CY087969 to CY088568","start_term":"CY087969","end_term":"CY088568","start_term_id":"380506411","end_term_id":"380507803"}}CY087969 to CY088568 [57]
• Hantavirus Variant of Rio Mamoré Virus, Maripa Virus, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ611712","term_id":"384382977","term_text":"JQ611712"}}JQ611712 (segment S), {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ611713","term_id":"384382979","term_text":"JQ611713"}}JQ611713 (segment M), and {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ611714","term_id":"384382981","term_text":"JQ611714"}}JQ611714 (segment L) [58]
• Pata virus, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ070386","term_id":"383513857","term_text":"JQ070386"}}JQ070386 through {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ070395","term_id":"383513875","term_text":"JQ070395"}}JQ070395 [59]
• Porcine Circovirus 2, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ413808","term_id":"383215164","term_text":"JQ413808"}}JQ413808 [60]
• Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ326271","term_id":"382929416","term_text":"JQ326271"}}JQ326271 [61]
• Streptococcus mutans Phage M102AD, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"DQ386162","term_id":"88698119","term_text":"DQ386162"}}DQ386162 [62]
• Tilligery virus, sequence accession {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ070366","term_id":"383513817","term_text":"JQ070366"}}JQ070366 through {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"JQ070375","term_id":"383513835","term_text":"JQ070375"}}JQ070375 [63]

     

Human Infections with Spirometra decipiens Plerocercoids Identified by Morphologic and Genetic Analyses in Korea

Tapeworms of the genus Spirometra are pseudophyllidean cestodes endemic in Korea. At present, it is unclear which Spirometra species are responsible for causing human infections, and little information is available on the epidemiological profiles of Spirometra species infecting humans in Korea. Between 1979 and 2009, a total of 50 spargana from human patients and 2 adult specimens obtained from experimentally infected carnivorous animals were analyzed according to genetic and taxonomic criteria and classified as Spirometra erinaceieuropaei or Spirometra decipiens depending on the morphology. Morphologically, S. erinaceieuropaei and S. decipiens are different in that the spirally coiled uterus in S. erinaceieuropaei has 5-7 complete coils, while in S. decipiens it has only 4.5 coils. In addition, there is a 9.3% (146/1,566) sequence different between S. erinaceieuropaei and S. decipiens in the cox1 gene. Partial cox1 sequences (390 bp) from 35 Korean isolates showed 99.4% (388/390) similarity with the reference sequence of S. erinaceieuropaei from Korea (G1724; GenBank {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KJ599680","term_id":"646228164","term_text":"KJ599680"}}KJ599680) and an additional 15 Korean isolates revealed 99.2% (387/390) similarity with the reference sequences of S. decipiens from Korea (G1657; GenBank {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"KJ599679","term_id":"646228151","term_text":"KJ599679"}}KJ599679). Based on morphologic and molecular databases, the estimated population ratio of S. erinaceieuropaei to S. decipiens was 35: 15. Our results indicate that both S. erinaceieuropaei and S. decipiens found in Korea infect humans, with S. erinaceieuropaei being 2 times more prevalent than S. decipiens. This study is the first to report human sparganosis caused by S. decipiens in humans in Korea.     

A New Class of Small Molecule Inhibitor of BMP Signaling

Growth factor signaling pathways are tightly regulated by phosphorylation and include many important kinase targets of interest for drug discovery. Small molecule inhibitors of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) receptor kinase ALK2 (ACVR1) are needed urgently to treat the progressively debilitating musculoskeletal disease fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP). Dorsomorphin analogues, first identified in zebrafish, remain the only BMP inhibitor chemotype reported to date. By screening an assay panel of 250 recombinant human kinases we identified a highly selective 2-aminopyridine-based inhibitor {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"K02288","term_id":"191391"}}K02288 with in vitro activity against ALK2 at low nanomolar concentrations similar to the current lead compound LDN-193189. {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"K02288","term_id":"191391"}}K02288 specifically inhibited the BMP-induced Smad pathway without affecting TGF-β signaling and induced dorsalization of zebrafish embryos. Comparison of the crystal structures of ALK2 with {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"K02288","term_id":"191391"}}K02288 and LDN-193189 revealed additional contacts in the {"type":"entrez-nucleotide","attrs":{"text":"K02288","term_id":"191391"}}K02288 complex affording improved shape complementarity and identified the exposed phenol group for further optimization of pharmacokinetics. The discovery of a new chemical series provides an independent pharmacological tool to investigate BMP signaling and offers multiple opportunities for pre-clinical development.     

Anisakis pegreffii Larvae in Sea Eels (Astroconger myriaster) from the South Sea,Republic of Korea

Anisakis simplex sensu stricto (s.s.), Anisakis pegreffii, Anisakis berlandi (=A. simplex sp. C), and Anisakis typica are the 4 major species of Anisakis type I larvae. In the Republic of Korea (Korea), A. pegreffii, A. berlandi, and A. typica larvae in fish hosts has seldom been documented. In this study, molecular analysis was performed on Anisakis larvae from the sea eels (Astroconger myriaster), the major source of human anisakiasis in Korea, collected from Tongyeong City, a southern coastal area of Korea. All 20 sea eels examined were infected with Anisakis type I larvae (160 larvae; 8 per fish). Their species were analyzed using PCR-RFLP patterns and nucleotide sequences of internal transcribed spacers (ITS1, 5.8 subunit gene, and ITS2) and mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase 2 (cox2). Most (86.8%; 112/129) of the Anisakis type I larvae were A. pegreffii, and 7.8% (10/129) were A. typica. The remaining 5.4% (7/129) was not identified. Thus, A. pegreffii is the major species of anisakid larvae in sea eels of the southern coast of Korea.