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Morphology and Phylogenetic Analyses of Three Novel Naegleria Isolated from Freshwaters on Jeju Island,Korea, During the Winter Period
Authors:Woo Jun Khwon  Jong Soo Park
Institution:Department of Oceanography, Research Institute for Dok‐do and Ulleung‐do Island and Kyungpook Institute of Oceanography, School of Earth System Sciences, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehakro, Bukgu, Daegu, Korea
Abstract:The genus Naegleria is one of the best known heterolobosean groups, and is the causative agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. This group is rarely studied in temperate regions during winter. Here, three novel Naegleria were isolated from freshwaters on Jeju Island, Korea, during winter. Two isolates were amoeboflagellates, and one of the three amoebae did not undergo enflagellation. All amoebae had eruptive pseudopodia, and the layer of refractile granules around a large nucleus. They formed a cyst with ~2 pores in the cyst stage. The amoeboflagellate form had two flagella and no division in the flagellate stage, and no cytostome. These features are very similar to typical Naegleria. Furthermore, our isolates were able to grow at > 30 °C, suggesting that they had different thermophilicity from Naegleria in polar regions. All amoebae were largely encysted at 5 or 10 °C, indicating that they were likely encysted during winter. Based on the 18S rRNA gene and the ITS1‐5.8S rRNA gene‐ITS2 sequences, the phylogenetic analyses consistently revealed that the isolates are members of the Naegleria group. However, the isolates differ from other species in both phylogenetic trees. Thus, Naegleria in cold habitats appeared to have a high degree of novelty, but their thermophilicity may be dependent on locality.
Keywords:18S rRNA gene  cold habitats  Heterolobosea  ITS region  molecular phylogeny  protist  protozoa  taxonomy  
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