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Hiroya Ito Makoto Osaki Ikuo Uchida Tatsuo Ohya Tsutomu Sekizaki 《FEMS microbiology letters》1998,167(2):303-308
The gene encoding an outer membrane lipoprotein (OmlA) of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae strain WF83 (serotype 7 reference strain), designated omlA7, was sequenced. The amino acid sequence of OmlA7 showed 64.5 and 71.6% identity to that of OmlA from serotypes 1 (OmlA1) and 5 (OmlA5), respectively. The first 134 amino acids of OmlA7 were identical to those of OmlA5. A Southern blot analysis revealed the presence of a gene highly homologous to the omlA7 in the reference strains of serotypes 3, 4, 6, and 7. A Western blot analysis using a specific antiserum against a recombinant OmlA7 detected expression of the homologous proteins in the serotypes 4, 6, and 7 reference strains and a serotype 3 field strain, but not in a serotype 3 reference strain. The data demonstrate the third antigenically distinct OmlA is expressed in A. pleuropneumoniae. 相似文献
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Background
Shigella flexneri is the major cause of bacillary dysentery in the developing countries. The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O-antigen of S. flexneri plays an important role in its pathogenesis and also divides S. flexneri into 19 serotypes. All the serotypes with an exception for serotype 6 share a common O-antigen backbone comprising of N-acetylglucosamine and three rhamnose residues. Different serotypes result from modification of the basic backbone conferred by phage-encoded glucosyltransferase and/or acetyltransferase genes, or plasmid-encoded phosphoethanolamine transferase. Recently, a new site for O-acetylation at positions 3 and 4 of RhaIII, in serotypes 1a, 1b, 2a, 5a and Y was shown to be mediated by the oacB gene. Additionally, this gene was shown to be carried by a transposon-like structure inserted upstream of the adrA region on the chromosome.Results
In this study, a novel bacteriophage Sf101, encoding the oacB gene was isolated and characterised from a serotype 7a strain. The complete sequence of its 38,742 bp genome encoding 66 open reading frames (orfs) was determined. Comparative analysis revealed that phage Sf101 has a mosaic genome, and most of its proteins were >90% identical to the proteins from 12 previously characterised lambdoid phages. In addition, the organisation of Sf101 genes was found to be highly similar to bacteriophage Sf6. Analysis of the Sf101 OacB identified two amino acid substitutions in the protein; however, results obtained by NMR spectroscopy confirmed that Sf101-OacB was functional. Inspection of the chromosomal integration site of Sf101 phage revealed that this phage integrates in the sbcB locus, thus unveiling a new site for integration of serotype-converting phages of S. flexneri, and determining an alternative location of oacB gene in the chromosome. Furthermore, this study identified oacB gene in several serotype 7a isolates from various regions providing evidence of O-acetyl modification in serotype 7a.Conclusions
This is the first report on the isolation of bacteriophage Sf101 which contains the S. flexneri O-antigen modification gene oacB. Sf101 has a highly mosaic genome and was found to integrate in the sbcB locus. These findings contribute an advance in our current knowledge of serotype converting phages of S. flexneri.Electronic supplementary material
The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-742) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献3.
Kanchana Rungsihirunrat Poonuch Muhamad Wanna Chaijaroenkul Jiraporn Kuesap Kesara Na-Bangchang 《The Korean journal of parasitology》2015,53(1):43-49
The aim of the study was to explore the possible molecular markers of chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium vivax isolates in Thailand. A total of 30 P. vivax isolates were collected from a malaria endemic area along the Thai-Myanmar border in Mae Sot district of Thailand. Dried blood spot samples were collected for analysis of Pvmdr1 and Pvcrt-o polymorphisms. Blood samples (100 μl) were collected by finger-prick for in vitro chloroquine susceptibility testing by schizont maturation inhibition assay. Based on the cut-off IC50 of 100 nM, 19 (63.3%) isolates were classified as chloroquine resistant P. vivax isolates. Seven non-synonymous mutations and 2 synonymous were identified in Pvmdr1 gene. Y976F and F1076L mutations were detected in 7 (23.3%) and 16 isolates (53.3%), respectively. Analysis of Pvcrt-o gene revealed that all isolates were wild-type. Our results suggest that chloroquine resistance gene is now spreading in this area. Monitoring of chloroquine resistant molecular markers provide a useful tool for future control of P. vivax malaria. 相似文献
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Roberto Zenteno-Cuevas Francisco X Silva-Hernández Fabiola Mendoza-Damián Maria Dolores Ramírez-Hernández Karen Vázquez-Medina Lorena Widrobo-García Aremy Cuellar-Sanchez Raquel Mu?íz-Salazar Leonor Enciso-Moreno Lucia Monserrat Pérez-Navarro José Antonio Enciso-Moreno 《Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz》2013,108(6):718-723
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectocontagious respiratory disease caused by members
of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. A 7 base pair (bp)
deletion in the locus polyketide synthase
(pks)15/1 is described as polymorphic among members of the
M. tuberculosis complex, enabling the identification of
Euro-American, Indo-Oceanic and Asian lineages. The aim of this study was to
characterise this locus in TB isolates from Mexico. One hundred
twenty clinical isolates were recovered from the states of Veracruz and Estado
de Mexico. We determined the nucleotide sequence of a ± 400 bp fragment of the
locus pks15/1, while genotypic characterisation was
performed by spoligotyping. One hundred and fifty isolates contained the 7 bp
deletion, while five had the wild type locus. Lineages X (22%),
LAM (18%) and T (17%) were the most frequent; only three (2%) of the isolates
were identified as Beijing and two (1%) EAI-Manila. The wild type
pks15/1 locus was observed in all Asian lineage isolates
tested. Our results confirm the utility of locus pks15/1 as a
molecular marker for identifying Asian lineages of the M.
tuberculosis complex. This marker could be of great value in the
epidemiological surveillance of TB, especially in countries like Mexico, where
the prevalence of such lineages is unknown. 相似文献
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Manus M. Patten Michael Cowley Rebecca J. Oakey Robert Feil 《Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society》2016,283(1824)
Genomic imprinting is essential for development and growth and plays diverse roles in physiology and behaviour. Imprinted genes have traditionally been studied in isolation or in clusters with respect to cis-acting modes of gene regulation, both from a mechanistic and evolutionary point of view. Recent studies in mammals, however, reveal that imprinted genes are often co-regulated and are part of a gene network involved in the control of cellular proliferation and differentiation. Moreover, a subset of imprinted genes acts in trans on the expression of other imprinted genes. Numerous studies have modulated levels of imprinted gene expression to explore phenotypic and gene regulatory consequences. Increasingly, the applied genome-wide approaches highlight how perturbation of one imprinted gene may affect other maternally or paternally expressed genes. Here, we discuss these novel findings and consider evolutionary theories that offer a rationale for such intricate interactions among imprinted genes. An evolutionary view of these trans-regulatory effects provides a novel interpretation of the logic of gene networks within species and has implications for the origin of reproductive isolation between species. 相似文献
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Wen Hui Li Wan Zhong Jia Zi Gang Qu Zhi Zhou Xie Jian Xun Luo Hong Yin Xiao Lin Sun Radu Blaga Bao Quan Fu 《The Korean journal of parasitology》2013,51(2):197-201
A total of 16 Taenia multiceps isolates collected from naturally infected sheep or goats in Gansu Province, China were characterized by sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene. The complete cox1 gene was amplified for individual T. multiceps isolates by PCR, ligated to pMD18T vector, and sequenced. Sequence analysis indicated that out of 16 T. multiceps isolates 10 unique cox1 gene sequences of 1,623 bp were obtained with sequence variation of 0.12-0.68%. The results showed that the cox1 gene sequences were highly conserved among the examined T. multiceps isolates. However, they were quite different from those of the other Taenia species. Phylogenetic analysis based on complete cox1 gene sequences revealed that T. multiceps isolates were composed of 3 genotypes and distinguished from the other Taenia species. 相似文献
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Maria da Concei??o Aquino de Sá Gisele Veneroni Gouveia Carina da Costa Krewer Josir Laine Aparecida Veschi Ana Luiza de Mattos-Guaraldi Mateus Matiuzzi da Costa 《Genetics and molecular biology》2013,36(2):265-268
Caseous lymphadenits (CL) is a chronic and subclinical disease that affects goats and sheep and, consequently, causes economic losses, especially to small producers. The purpose of this study, through use of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), was to verify the presence of virulence genes of phospholipase D (PLD), integral membrane protein (FagA), iron enterobactin transporter (FagB), ATP binding cytoplasmic membrane protein (FagC) and iron siderophore binding protein (FagD) in 168 isolates of C. pseudotuberculosis obtained from cases of caseous lymphadenitis in goats and sheep. FagA, FagB and PLD genes were detected in all 145 strains isolated from abscesses in superficial lymph nodes and in 23 strains isolated from viscera. The FagC gene was positive in 167 (99.40%) isolates. The FagD gene was detected in 160 (95.23%) isolates. All virulence factors analyzed were found more frequently among isolates collected in the viscera of animals with CL, indicating a multifactorial nature, as well as variations, in the invasive potential of C. pseudotuberculosis strains. 相似文献
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Boulila Farida Depret Géraldine Boulila Abdelghani Belhadi Djellali Benallaoua Said Laguerre Gisèle 《Systematic and applied microbiology》2009
Sixty-seven isolates were isolated from nodules collected on roots of Mediterranean shrubby legumes Retama raetam and Retama sphaerocarpa growing in seven ecological–climatic areas of northeastern Algeria. Genetic diversity of the Retama isolates was analyzed based on genotyping by restriction fragment length polymorphism of PCR-amplified fragments of the 16S rRNA gene, the intergenic spacer (IGS) region between the 16S and 23S rRNA genes (IGS), and the symbiotic genes nifH and nodC. Eleven haplotypes assigned to the Bradyrhizobium genus were identified. Significant biogeographical differentiation of the rhizobial populations was found, but one haplotype was predominant and conserved across the sites. All isolates were able to cross-nodulate the two Retama species. Accordingly, no significant genetic differentiation of the rhizobial populations was found in relation to the host species of origin. Sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA gene grouped the isolates with Bradyrhizobium elkanii, but sequence analyses of IGS, the housekeeping genes (dnaK, glnII, recA), nifH, and nodC yielded convergent results showing that the Retama nodule isolates from the northeast of Algeria formed a single evolutionary lineage, which was well differentiated from the currently named species or well-delineated unnamed genospecies of bradyrhizobia. Therefore, this study showed that the Retama species native to northeastern Algeria were associated with a specific clade of bradyrhizobia. The Retama isolates formed three sub-groups based on IGS and housekeeping gene phylogenies, which might form three sister species within a novel bradyrhizobial clade. 相似文献
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Lynne M. Mullen Sacha N. Vignieri Jeffery A. Gore Hopi E. Hoekstra 《Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society》2009,276(1674):3809-3818
A major goal in evolutionary biology is to understand how and why populations differentiate, both genetically and phenotypically, as they invade a novel habitat. A classical example of adaptation is the pale colour of beach mice, relative to their dark mainland ancestors, which colonized the isolated sandy dunes and barrier islands on Florida''s Gulf Coast. However, much less is known about differentiation among the Gulf Coast beach mice, which comprise five subspecies linearly arrayed on Florida''s shoreline. Here, we test the role of selection in maintaining variation among these beach mouse subspecies at multiple levels—phenotype, genotype and the environments they inhabit. While all beach subspecies have light pelage, they differ significantly in colour pattern. These subspecies are also genetically distinct: pair-wise Fst-values range from 0.23 to 0.63 and levels of gene flow are low. However, we did not find a correlation between phenotypic and genetic distance. Instead, we find a significant association between the average ‘lightness’ of each subspecies and the brightness of the substrate it inhabits: the two most genetically divergent subspecies occupy the most similar habitats and have converged on phenotype, whereas the most genetically similar subspecies occupy the most different environments and have divergent phenotypes. Moreover, allelic variation at the pigmentation gene, Mc1r, is statistically correlated with these colour differences but not with variation at other genetic loci. Together, these results suggest that natural selection for camouflage—via changes in Mc1r allele frequency—contributes to pigment differentiation among beach mouse subspecies. 相似文献
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Phylogenetic analyses provide the first insights into the evolution of OVATE family proteins in land plants 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Di Liu Wei Sun Yaowu Yuan Ning Zhang Alice Hayward Yongliang Liu Ying Wang 《Annals of botany》2014,113(7):1219-1233
Background and Aims
The OVATE gene encodes a nuclear-localized regulatory protein belonging to a distinct family of plant-specific proteins known as the OVATE family proteins (OFPs). OVATE was first identified as a key regulator of fruit shape in tomato, with nonsense mutants displaying pear-shaped fruits. However, the role of OFPs in plant development has been poorly characterized.Methods
Public databases were searched and a total of 265 putative OVATE protein sequences were identified from 13 sequenced plant genomes that represent the major evolutionary lineages of land plants. A phylogenetic analysis was conducted based on the alignment of the conserved OVATE domain from these 13 selected plant genomes. The expression patterns of tomato SlOFP genes were analysed via quantitative real-time PCR. The pattern of OVATE gene duplication resulting in the expansion of the gene family was determined in arabidopsis, rice and tomato.Key Results
Genes for OFPs were found to be present in all the sampled land plant genomes, including the early-diverged lineages, mosses and lycophytes. Phylogenetic analysis based on the amino acid sequences of the conserved OVATE domain defined 11 sub-groups of OFPs in angiosperms. Different evolutionary mechanisms are proposed for OVATE family evolution, namely conserved evolution and divergent expansion. Characterization of the AtOFP family in arabidopsis, the OsOFP family in rice and the SlOFP family in tomato provided further details regarding the evolutionary framework and revealed a major contribution of tandem and segmental duplications towards expansion of the OVATE gene family.Conclusions
This first genome-wide survey on OFPs provides new insights into the evolution of the OVATE protein family and establishes a solid base for future functional genomics studies on this important but poorly characterized regulatory protein family in plants. 相似文献12.
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Phylogenetic analysis of Nosema ceranae isolated from European and Asian honeybees in Northern Thailand 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Chaimanee V Chen Y Pettis JS Scott Cornman R Chantawannakul P 《Journal of invertebrate pathology》2011,107(3):229-233
Nosema ceranae was found to infect four different host species including the European honeybee (A. mellifera) and the Asian honeybees (Apis florea, A. cerana and Apis dorsata) collected from apiaries and forests in Northern Thailand. Significant sequence variation in the polar tube protein (PTP1) gene of N. ceranae was observed with N. ceranae isolates from A. mellifera and A. cerana, they clustered into the same phylogenetic lineage. N. ceranae isolates from A. dorsata and A. florea were grouped into two other distinct clades. This study provides the first elucidation of a genetic relationship among N. ceranae strains isolated from different host species and demonstrates that the N. ceranae PTP gene was shown to be a suitable and reliable marker in revealing genetic relationships within species. 相似文献
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Catia Silene Klein Itamar Antônio Piffer Sérgio Ceroni da Silva Augusto Schrank Maria Bernardete Burin Fávero Irene Silveira Schrank 《Current microbiology》2003,46(6):0443-0447
We investigated whether primers able to specifically amplify a 0.7-kb DNA fragment from the conserved cpx genes could be applied to analyze A. pleuropneumoniae field isolates. The specific cpx primers were tested on 120 strains of A. pleuropneumoniae and other NAD-dependent field isolates from healthy and diseased animals to analyze A. pleuropneumoniae isolates from pigs in Brazil. We found that PCR and hybridization were able to discriminate between isolates of A. pleuropneumoniae and other bacteria. The 0.7-kb cpx DNA fragments were amplified from all 63 A. pleuropneumoniae isolates from herds with clinical symptoms and were isolated from lesions of acute cases of swine pleuropneumonia, both serotypable
and nonserotypable. The PCR was also applied to 57 field isolates obtained from animals of apparently healthy herds, and the
amplified cpx product was present in four serotypable and only two out of eleven A. pleuropneumoniae nonserotypable isolates. All nonserotypable A. pleuropneumoniae isolates revealed the apxA amplification pattern compatible with previously known serotypes. Some nonserotypable isolates might represent a population
of isolates that originally were serotypable but lost the ability to react with serotype-specific antisera or might belong
to novel serotypes. The PCR method applied is highly sensitive for serotypable A. pleuropneumoniae strains and for nonserotypable strains isolated from acute cases of swine pleuropneumoniae in Brazil.
Received: 13 June 2002 / Accepted: 5 August 2002 相似文献
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L Guglielmi C Cinnella M Nardella G Maresca A Valentini D Mercanti A Felsani I D'Agnano 《Cell death & disease》2014,5(2):e1081
Neuroblastoma is an embryonic tumour of the sympathetic nervous system and is one of the most common cancers in childhood. A high differentiation stage has been associated with a favourable outcome; however, the mechanisms governing neuroblastoma cell differentiation are not completely understood. The MYCN gene is considered the hallmark of neuroblastoma. Even though it has been reported that MYCN has a role during embryonic development, it is needed its decrease so that differentiation can be completed. We aimed to better define the role of MYCN in the differentiation processes, particularly during the early stages. Considering the ability of MYCN to regulate non-coding RNAs, our hypothesis was that N-Myc protein might be necessary to activate differentiation (mimicking embryonic development events) by regulating miRNAs critical for this process. We show that MYCN expression increased in embryonic cortical neural precursor cells at an early stage after differentiation induction. To investigate our hypothesis, we used human neuroblastoma cell lines. In LAN-5 neuroblastoma cells, MYCN was upregulated after 2 days of differentiation induction before its expected downregulation. Positive modulation of various differentiation markers was associated with the increased MYCN expression. Similarly, MYCN silencing inhibited such differentiation, leading to negative modulation of various differentiation markers. Furthermore, MYCN gene overexpression in the poorly differentiating neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-AS restored the ability of such cells to differentiate. We identified three key miRNAs, which could regulate the onset of differentiation programme in the neuroblastoma cells in which we modulated MYCN. Interestingly, these effects were accompanied by changes in the apoptotic compartment evaluated both as expression of apoptosis-related genes and as fraction of apoptotic cells. Therefore, our idea is that MYCN is necessary during the activation of neuroblastoma differentiation to induce apoptosis in cells that are not committed to differentiate. 相似文献
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Extensive gene duplication arranged in a tandem array is rare in the plastome of embryophytes. Interestingly, we found pseudogene copies of the trnF gene in the genus Jaltomata, the sister genus of Solanum where such gene duplication has been previously reported. In each Jaltomata sequence available we found two pseudogene copies in close 5′-proximity to the original functional gene. The size of each pseudogene copy ranged between 17 and 48 bp and the anticodon domain was identified as the most conserved element. A common ATT(G)n motif is particularly interesting and its modifications were found to border the 3′ of the duplicated regions. Other motifs were partial residues, or entire parts of the T- and D-domains, and both domains proved to be variable in length among the pseudogenes identified. The residues of the 3′ and 5′ acceptor stem were not found among the copies. We further compared the newly discovered copies of Jaltomata with those ones previously described from Solanum and inferred phylogenetic relationships of the copies aligned. The evolution of Solanum copies, in contrast to Jaltomata, is hard to explain as resulting only in parsimonious changes since reticulate evolutionary patterns were detected among the copies. The dynamic evolutionary patterns of Solanum might be explained by possible inter- or intrachromosomal recombination. 相似文献
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Patricia Vollú Silva Raquel Souza Cruz Luiz Sérgio Keim Geraldo Renato de Paula Bernadete Teixeira Ferreira Carvalho Leonardo Rocchetto Coelho Maria Cícera da Silva Carvalho Joel Mauricio Corrêa da Rosa Agnes Marie Sá Figueiredo Lenise Arneiro Teixeira 《Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz》2013,108(6):812-813
We analysed the antimicrobial susceptibility, biofilm formation and genotypic
profiles of 27 isolates of Staphylococcus haemolyticus obtained
from the blood of 19 patients admitted to a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Our analysis revealed a clinical significance of 36.8% and a multi-resistance
rate of 92.6% among these isolates. All but one isolate carried the
mecA gene. The staphylococcal cassette chromosome
mec type I was the most prevalent mec
element detected (67%). Nevertheless, the isolates showed clonal diversity based
on pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis. The ability to form biofilms was
detected in 66% of the isolates studied. Surprisingly, no icaAD
genes were found among the biofilm-producing isolates. 相似文献
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Marine cyanobacteria of the genus Acaryochloris are the only known organisms that use chlorophyll d as a photosynthetic pigment. However, based on chemical sediment analyses, chlorophyll d has been recognized to be widespread in oceanic and lacustrine environments. Therefore it is highly relevant to understand the genetic basis for different physiologies and possible niche adaptation in this genus. Here we show that unlike all other known isolates of Acaryochloris, the strain HICR111A, isolated from waters around Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, possesses a unique genomic region containing all the genes for the structural and enzymatically active proteins of nitrogen fixation and cofactor biosynthesis. Their phylogenetic analysis suggests a close relation to nitrogen fixation genes from certain other marine cyanobacteria. We show that nitrogen fixation in Acaryochloris sp. HICR111A is regulated in a light–dark-dependent fashion. We conclude that nitrogen fixation, one of the most complex physiological traits known in bacteria, might be transferred among oceanic microbes by horizontal gene transfer more often than anticipated so far. Our data show that the two powerful processes of oxygenic photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation co-occur in one and the same cell also in this branch of marine microbes and characterize Acaryochloris as a physiologically versatile inhabitant of an ecological niche, which is primarily driven by the absorption of far-red light. 相似文献
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Nader Pestechian Ahmad Hosseini Safa Mohammadhasan Tajedini Mohammad Rostami-Nejad Mohammad Mousavi Hosseinali Yousofi Shaghayegh Haghjooy Javanmard 《The Korean journal of parasitology》2014,52(4):413-418
Hydatid cyst caused by Echinococcus granulosus is one of the most important parasitic diseases around the world and many countries in Asia, including Iran, are involved with this infection. This disease can cause high mortality in humans as well as economic losses in livestock. To date, several molecular methods have been used to determine the genetic diversity of E. granulosus. So far, identification of E. granulosus using real-time PCR fluorescence-based quantitative assays has not been studied worldwide, also in Iran. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the genetic diversity of E. granulosus from center of Iran using real-time PCR method. A total of 71 hydatid cysts were collected from infected sheep, goat, and cattle slaughtered in Isfahan, Iran during 2013. DNA was extracted from protoscolices and/or germinal layers from each individual cyst and used as template to amplify the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene (cox1) (420 bp). Five cattle isolates out of 71 isolates were sterile and excluded from further investigation. Overall, of 66 isolates, partial sequences of the cox1 gene of E. granulosus indicated the presence of genotypes G1 in 49 isolates (74.2%), G3 in 15 isolates (22.7%), and G6 in 2 isolates (3.0%) in infected intermediate hosts. Sixteen sequences of G1 genotype had microgenetic variants, and they were compared to the original sequence of cox1. However, isolates identified as G3 and G6 genotypes were completely consistent with original sequences. G1 genotype in livestock was the dominant genotype in Isfahan region, Iran. 相似文献