| Abstract: | A comparative study of the kinetoplast DNA (kpDNA) from 8 isolates of fish trypanosomes has been performed. The data of restriction analysis have revealed that these trypanosomes differ from species studied before. The size of minicircles is about 1600 bp and that of maxicircles--30-36 Kbp. The restriction analysis of the maxicircles allows us to divide studied isolates in at least two groups. Another evidence has been obtained that it is impossible to identify species of fish trypanosomes using host species. |
