Biodiversity Literature Repository
Published December 31, 2013 | Version v1
Journal article Open

Trypanosomes genetic diversity, polyparasitism and the population decline of the critically endangered Australian marsupial, the brush tailed bettong or woylie (Bettongia penicillata)

Creators

  • 1. School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia
  • 2. School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia & Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia
  • 3. Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, University of Western Australia, Stirling HWY, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
  • 4. Department of Environment and Conservation, Science Division, Manjimup, WA, Australia
  • 5. Fish Health Unit, School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia

Description

Botero, Adriana, Thompson, Craig K., Peacock, Christopher S., Clode, Peta L., Nicholls, Philip K., Wayne, Adrian F., Lymbery, Alan J., Thompson, R.C. Andrew (2013): Trypanosomes genetic diversity, polyparasitism and the population decline of the critically endangered Australian marsupial, the brush tailed bettong or woylie (Bettongia penicillata). International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 2 (1): 77-89, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.03.001, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2013.03.001

Files

source.pdf

Files (3.4 MB)

Name Size Download all
md5:b2322595b719785d76aee7ff6f015c54
3.4 MB Preview Download

Linked records

Additional details

Identifiers

LSID
urn:lsid:plazi.org:pub:B232FF95B719785DFFAEFFFF6F015C54

Cites
Publication: 10.1071/WR12115 (DOI)
Has part
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.12835607 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.12835611 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.12835615 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.12835627 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.12835632 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.12835637 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.12835643 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.12835649 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.12835653 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.12835657 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.12835665 (DOI)

References

  • Andrade, L.O., Machado, C.R.S., Chiari, E., Pena, S.D.J., Macedo, A.M., 1999. Differential tissue distribution of diverse clones of Trypanosoma cruzi in infected mice. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 100, 163-172.
  • Andrade, L.O., Machado, C.R., Chiari, E., Pena, S.D., Macedo, A.M., 2002. Trypanosoma cruzi: role of host genetic background in the differential tissue distribution of parasite clonal populations. Exp. Parasitol. 100, 269-275.
  • Austen, J.M., Jefferies, R., Friend, J.A., Ryan, U., Adams, P., Reid, S.A., 2009. Morphological and molecular characterization of Trypanosoma copemani n. sp. (Trypanosomatidae) isolated from Gilbert's potoroo (Potorous gilbertii) and quokka (Setonix brachyurus). Parasitology 136, 783-792.
  • Bettiol, S.S., Jakes, K., Le, D.D., Goldsmid, J.M., Hocking, G., 1998. First record of trypanosomes in Tasmanian bandicoots. J. Parasitol. 84, 538-541.
  • Bosseno, M.-F., Yacsik, N., Vargas, F., Breniere, S.F., 2000. Selection of Trypanosoma cruzi clonal genotypes (clonet 20 and 39) isolated from Bolivian triatomines following subculture in liquid medium. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 95 (5), 601- 607.
  • Botero, L.A., Mejia, A.M., Triana, O., 2007. Biological and genetic characterization of two Colombian clones of Trypanosoma cruzi groups I and II. Biomedica 27, 64- 74.
  • Brown, M.J.F., Loosli, R., Schmid-Hempel, P., 2000. Condition-dependent expression of virulence in a trypanosome infecting bumblebees. Oikos 91, 421-427.
  • Campos, R., Botto-Mahan, C., Ortiz, S., Coronado, X., Solari, A., 2010. Temporal fluctuation of infection with different Trypanosoma cruzi genotypes in the wild rodent Octodon degus. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 83, 380-381.
  • Da Silva Manoel-Caetano, F., Carareto, C.M.A., Borim, A.A., Miyazaki, K., Silva, A.E., 2008. KDNA gene signatures of Trypanosoma cruzi in blood and oesophageal mucosa from chronic chagasic patients. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 102, 1102-1107.
  • De Souza, W., De Carvalho, T.M.U., Barrias, E.S., 2010. Review on Trypanosoma cruzi: host cell interaction. Int. J. Cell. Biol. 2010, 1-18.
  • De Tores P., Start A.N., 2008. Woylie, Bettongia penicillata. In: Dyck, S.v., Strahan R. (Eds.), The Mammals of Australia, third ed. Reed New Holland, Sydney. pp. 291- 292.
  • DEC., 2008. Diagnosis of recent woylie (Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi) declines in southwestern Australia. In: Wayne, A.F. (Ed.), Progress report of the Woylie Conservation Research Project, Department of Environment and Conservation, Perth, Western Australia. pp. 1-314.
  • Doherty, M.L., Windle, H., Voorheis, H.P., Larkin, H., Casey, M., Clery, D., 1993. Clinical disease associated with Trypanosoma theileri infection in a calf in Ireland. Vet. Rec. 132, 653-656.
  • Edgar, R.C., 2004. MUSCLE: multiple sequence alignment with high accuracy and high throughput. Nucleic Acids Res. 32, 1792-1797.
  • Edwards, H., Andrew Thompson, R.C., Koh, W.H., Clode, P.L., 2011. Labeling surface epitopes to identify Cryptosporidium life stages using a scanning electron microscopy-based immunogold approach. Mol. Cell Probes 26, 21-28.
  • Freitas, J.M., Andrade, L.O., Pires, S.F., Lima, R., Chiari, E., Santos, R.R., Soares, M., Machado, C.R., Franco, G.R., Pena, S.D.J., 2009. The MHC gene region of murine hosts influences the differential tissue tropism of infecting Trypanosoma cruzi strains. PLoS ONE 4, e5113.
  • Groom, C., 2010. Justification for continued conservation efforts following the delisting of a threatened species: a case study of the woylie, Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi (Marsupialia: Potoroidae). Wildlife Res. 37, 183-193.
  • Hall, T.A., 1999. BioEdit: a user-friendly biological sequence alignment editor and analysis program for Windows 95/98/NT. Nucleic Acid S. 41, 95-98.
  • Hamilton, P.B., Stevens, J.R., 2011. Resolving relationships between Australian trypanosomes using DNA barcoding data. Trends Parasitol. 27, 99.
  • Hamilton, P.B., Stevens, J.R., Gaunt, M.W., Gidley, J., Gibson, W.C., 2004. Trypanosomes are monophyletic: evidence from genes for glyceraldehyde phosphate dehydrogenase and small subunit ribosomal RNA. Int. J. Parasitol. 34, 1393-1404.
  • Hamilton, P.B., Stevens, J.R., Holz, P., Boag, B., Cooke, B., Gibson, W.C., 2005. The inadvertent introduction into Australia of Trypanosoma nabiasi, the trypanosome of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), and its potential for biocontrol. Mol. Ecol. 14, 3167-3175.
  • Hamilton, P.B., Adams, E.R., Njiokou, F., Gibson, W.C., Cuny, G., Herder, S., 2009. Phylogenetic analysis reveals the presence of the Trypanosoma cruzi clade in African terrestrial mammals. Infect. Genet. Evol. 9, 81-86.
  • Hamilton, P.B., Teixeira, M.M.G., Stevens, J.R., 2012. The evolution of Trypanosoma cruzi: the 'bat seeding'hypothesis. Trends Parasitol. 28, 136-141.
  • Higuchi, M.L., Gutierrez, P.S., Aiello, V.D., Palomino, S., Bocchi, E., Kalil, J., 1993. Immunohistochemical characterization of infiltrating cells in human chronic chagasic myocarditis: comparison with myocardial rejection process. Virchows Arch. 423, 157-160.
  • Hoare, C.A., 1972. The trypanosomes of mammals. Blackwell Scientific Publishing, Oxford, England.
  • Hussain, K., Brodie, B., Ott, R.S., Montealegre, F., 1985. Prevalence of Trypanosoma theileri in cows and fetuses at slaughter. Am. J. Vet. Res. 46, 1256-1258.
  • Lane, J.E., Ribeiro-Rodrigues, R., Olivares-Villagomez, D., Vnencak-Jones, C.L., McCurley, T.L., Carter, C.E., 2003. Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA within murine cardiac tissue sections by in situ polymerase chain reaction. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 98, 373-376.
  • Lymbery, A.J., Smith, A., Thompson, A., 2011. Diversity of trypanosomes infecting Australian wildlife. Parasitology 136, 1269-1279.
  • Macedo, A.M., Machado, C.R., Oliveira, R.P., Pena, S.D.J., 2004. Trypanosoma cruzi: genetic structure of populations and relevance of genetic variability to the pathogenesis of Chagas disease. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 99, 1-12.
  • Mackerras, M.J., 1959. The haematozoa of Australian mammals. Aust. J. Zool. 7, 105- 135.
  • Mantilla, J.C., Zafra, G.A., Macedo, A.M., Gonzalez, C.I., 2010. Mixed infection of Trypanosoma cruzi I and II in a Colombian cardiomyopathic patient. Hum. Pathol. 41, 610-613.
  • Maraghi, S., Molyneux, D.H., 1989. Studies on cross-immunity in Herpetosoma trypanosomes of Microtus, Clethrionomys and Apodemus. Parasitol. Res. 75, 175-177.
  • Martins, H.R., Toledo, M.J.O., Veloso, V.M., Carneiro, C.M., Machado-Coelho, G.L.L., Tafuri, W.L., 2006. Trypanosoma cruzi: impact of dual-clone infections on parasite biological properties in BALB/c mice. Exp. Parasitol. 112, 237-246.
  • Maslov, D.A., Lukes, J., Jirku, M., Simpson, L., 1996. Phylogeny of trypanosomes as inferred from the small and large subunit rRNAs:implications for the evolution of parasitism in the trypanosomatid protozoa.Mol.Biochem.Parasitol. 75, 197-205.
  • McInnes, L.M., Gillett, A., Ryan, U.M., Austen, J., Campbell, R.S.F., Hanger, J., 2009. Trypanosoma irwini n. sp (Sarcomastigophora: Trypanosomatidae) from the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Parasitology 136, 875-885.
  • McInnes, L.M., Hanger, J., Simmons, G., Reid, S.A., Ryan, U.M., 2011a. Novel trypanosome Trypanosoma gilletti sp. (Euglenozoa: Trypanosomatidae) and the extension of the host range of Trypanosoma copemani to include the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Parasitology 138, 59-70.
  • McInnes, L.M., Gillett, A., Hanger, J., Reid, S.A., Ryan, U.M., 2011b. The potential impact of native Australian trypanosome infections on the health of koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). Parasitology 138, 873-883.
  • Noyes, H.A., Stevens, J.R., Teixeira, M., Phelan, J., Holz, P., 1999. A nested PCR for the ssrRNA gene detects Trypanosoma binneyi in the platypus and Trypanosoma sp. in wombats and kangaroos in Australia. Int. J. Parasitol. 29, 331-339.
  • Orell, P., 2004. Fauna monitoring and staff training: Western Shield review- February 2003. Conservation Sci. Western Australia 5, 51-95.
  • Paparini, A., Irwin, P.J., Warren, K., McInnes, L.M., de Tores, P., Ryan, U.M., 2011. Identification of novel trypanosome genotypes in native Australian marsupials. Vet. Parasitol. 183, 21-30.
  • Pickering, J., Norris, C.A., 1996. New evidence concerning the extinction of the endemic murid Rattus macleari Thomas, 1887 from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. Aust. Mammalogy 19, 19-26.
  • Pinto, C.M., Ocana-Mayorga, S., Lascano, M.S., Grijalva, M.J., 2006. Infection by trypanosomes in marsupials and rodents associated with human dwellings in Ecuador. J. Parasitol. 92, 1251-1255.
  • Pollitt, L.C., MacGregor, P., Matthews, K., Reece, S.E., 2011. Malaria and trypanosome transmission: different parasites, same rules? Trends Parasitol. 27, 197-203.
  • Posada, D., 2008. JModelTest: phylogenetic model averaging. Mol. Biol. Evol. 25, 1253-1256.
  • Ramirez, J.D., Guhl, F., Rendon, L.M., Rosas, F., Marin-Neto, J.A., 2010. Chagas cardiomyopathy manifestations and Trypanosoma cruzi genotypes circulating in chronic chagasic patients. PLoS Neglect. Trop. D 4, e899.
  • Reifenberg, J.M., Solano, P., Duvallet, G., Cuisance, D., Simpore, J., Cuny, G., 1997. Molecular characterization of trypanosome isolates from naturally infected domestic animals in Burkina Faso. Vet. Parasitol. 71, 251-262.
  • Rodrigues, C.M., Valadares, H.M.S., Francisco, A.F., Arantes, J.M., Campos, C.F., 2010. Coinfection with different Trypanosoma cruzi strains interferes with the host immune response to infection. PLoS Neglect. Trop. D 4, e846.
  • Ronquist, F., Huelsenbeck, J.P., 2003. MrBayes 3: Bayesian phylogenetic inference under mixed models. Bioinformatics 19, 1572-1574.
  • Rozsa, L., Reiczigel, J., Majoros, G., 2000. Quantifying parasites in samples of hosts. J. Parasitol. 86, 228-232.
  • Russomando, G., Figueredo, A., Almiron, M., Sakamoto, M., Morita, K., 1992. Polymerase chain reaction-based detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in serum. J. Clin Microbiol. 30, 2864-2868.
  • Seifi, H.A., 1995. Clinical trypanosomosis due to Trypanosoma theileri in a cow in Iran. Trop. Anim. Health Prod. 27, 93-94.
  • Smith, A., Averis, S., Thompson, R.C.A., Lymbery, A.J., Wayne, A.F., Morris, K.D., 2009. The diversity, distribution and host-parasite associations of trypanosomes in Western Australian wildlife. Parasitology 136, 1269-1279.
  • Start, A.N., Burbidge, A.A., Armstrong, D., 1995. Woylie recovery plan. Wildlife Management Program No.16. Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management and South Australian Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Perth, Western Australia.
  • Start, A.N., Burbidge, A.A., Armstrong, D., 1998. The conservation status of the woylie, Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi (Marsupialia: Potoroidae) using IUCN criteria. CALMSCIENCE-COMO 2, 277-289.
  • Stevens, J.R., Noyes, H.A., Dover, G.A., Gibson, W.C., 1999. The ancient and divergent origins of the human pathogenic trypanosomes, Trypanosoma brucei and T. cruzi. Parasitology 118, 107-116.
  • Stevens, J.R., Noyes, H.A., Schofield, C.J., Gibson, W., 2001. The molecular evolution of Trypanosomatidae. Adv. Parasitol. 48, 1-53.
  • Tamura, K., Peterson, D., Peterson, N., Stecher, G., Nei, M., Kumar, S., 2011. MEGA5: molecular evolutionary genetics analysis using maximum likelihood, evolutionary distance, and maximum parsimony methods. Mol. Biol. Evol. 28, 2731-2739.
  • Teixeira, A.R.L., Nascimento, R.J., Sturm, N.R., 2006. Evolution and pathology in Chagas disease: a review. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 101, 463-491.
  • Thompson, R.C.A., Smith, A., Clark, P., Averis, S., Lymbery, A.J., Wayne, A.F., Morris, K.D., 2008. Trypanosomes in a declining species of threatened Australian marsupial, the brush-tailed bettong Bettongia penicillata (Marsupialia: Potoroidae). Parasitology 135, 1329-1335.
  • Vago, A.R., Andrade, L.O., Leite, A.A., Reis, D., Macedo, A.M., Adad, S.J., 2000. Genetic characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi directly from tissues of patients with chronic Chagas disease: differential distribution of genetic types into diverse organs. Am. J. Pathol. 156, 1805-1809.
  • Wayne, A., Friend, T., Burbidge, A., Morris, K., van Weenen, J., 2008. Bettongia penicillata. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>.
  • Wayne, A.F., Maxwell, M., Ward, C., Vellios, C., Ward, B., Liddelow, G.L., Wilson, I., Wayne, J.C., Williams, M.R., in press a. The importance of getting the numbers right: quantifying the rapid and substantial decline of an abundant marsupial, Bettongia penicillata. Wildlife Res. 40.
  • Wayne, A.F., Maxwell, M., Ward, C.G., Vellios, C.V., Wilson, I., Wayne, J.C., Williams, M.R., in press b. Sudden, rapid and catastrophic decline of an abundant marsupial, Bettongia penicillata: characterising the decline and identifying the potential causes. Oryx. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WR12115.
  • Wyatt, K.B., Campos, P.F., Gilbert, M.T.P., Kolokotronis, S.O., Hynes, W.H., DeSalle, R., 2008. Historical mammal extinction on Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) correlates with introduced infectious disease. PLoS ONE 3, e3602.
  • Zhang, L., Tarleton, R.L., 1999. Parasite persistence correlates with disease severity and localization in chronic Chagas' disease. J. Infect. Dis. 180, 480-486.

This site uses cookies. Find out more on how we use cookies