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de la Cruz-Huervana JJ, Miyamoto N, Kano Y, Onikura N, Kurita Y. The complete mitochondrial genome of freshwater gammarid Gammarus nipponensis (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridae). Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2024; 9:447-451. [PMID: 38586505 PMCID: PMC10993753 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2024.2335990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
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This study presents the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Gammarus nipponensis, a freshwater crustacean found in the western regions of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu in Japan. The entire genome is 16,429 bp in length, encoding a standard set of 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNA genes and 22 transfer RNA genes, as well as the putative control regions. The mitochondrial genome of G. nipponensis is characterized by a high concentration of A and T nucleotides (67.1%). Notably, the mitogenome contains long TATTTTA repeats in the control region 2 at 686 bp long. This newly available genome information will be useful for studying the evolutionary relationships within the genus Gammarus and for understanding diversification among G. nipponensis populations.
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- Joana Joy de la Cruz-Huervana
- Fishery Research Laboratory, Kyushu University, Japan
- Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Philippines
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- X-STAR, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokosuka, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Kyushu Open University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Fishery Research Laboratory, Kyushu University, Japan
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Benito JB, Porter ML, Niemiller ML. Comparative mitogenomic analysis of subterranean and surface amphipods (Crustacea, Amphipoda) with special reference to the family Crangonyctidae. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:298. [PMID: 38509489 PMCID: PMC10956265 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10111-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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Mitochondrial genomes play important roles in studying genome evolution, phylogenetic analyses, and species identification. Amphipods (Class Malacostraca, Order Amphipoda) are one of the most ecologically diverse crustacean groups occurring in a diverse array of aquatic and terrestrial environments globally, from freshwater streams and lakes to groundwater aquifers and the deep sea, but we have a limited understanding of how habitat influences the molecular evolution of mitochondrial energy metabolism. Subterranean amphipods likely experience different evolutionary pressures on energy management compared to surface-dwelling taxa that generally encounter higher levels of predation and energy resources and live in more variable environments. In this study, we compared the mitogenomes, including the 13 protein-coding genes involved in the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) pathway, of surface and subterranean amphipods to uncover potentially different molecular signals of energy metabolism between surface and subterranean environments in this diverse crustacean group. We compared base composition, codon usage, gene order rearrangement, conducted comparative mitogenomic and phylogenomic analyses, and examined evolutionary signals of 35 amphipod mitogenomes representing 13 families, with an emphasis on Crangonyctidae. Mitogenome size, AT content, GC-skew, gene order, uncommon start codons, location of putative control region (CR), length of rrnL and intergenic spacers differed between surface and subterranean amphipods. Among crangonyctid amphipods, the spring-dwelling Crangonyx forbesi exhibited a unique gene order, a long nad5 locus, longer rrnL and rrnS loci, and unconventional start codons. Evidence of directional selection was detected in several protein-encoding genes of the OXPHOS pathway in the mitogenomes of surface amphipods, while a signal of purifying selection was more prominent in subterranean species, which is consistent with the hypothesis that the mitogenome of surface-adapted species has evolved in response to a more energy demanding environment compared to subterranean amphipods. Overall, gene order, locations of non-coding regions, and base-substitution rates points to habitat as an important factor influencing the evolution of amphipod mitogenomes.
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- Joseph B Benito
- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, 35899, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, 35899, USA.
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Hupało K, Copilaș-Ciocianu D, Leese F, Weiss M. Morphology, nuclear SNPs and mate selection reveal that COI barcoding overestimates species diversity in a Mediterranean freshwater amphipod by an order of magnitude. Cladistics 2023; 39:129-143. [PMID: 36576962 DOI: 10.1111/cla.12520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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DNA sequence information has revealed many morphologically cryptic species worldwide. For animals, DNA-based assessments of species diversity usually rely on the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene. However, a growing amount of evidence indicate that mitochondrial markers alone can lead to misleading species diversity estimates due to mito-nuclear discordance. Therefore, reports of putative species based solely on mitochondrial DNA should be verified by other methods, especially in cases where COI sequences are identical for different morphospecies or where divergence within the same morphospecies is high. Freshwater amphipods are particularly interesting in this context because numerous putative cryptic species have been reported. Here, we investigated the species status of the numerous mitochondrial molecular operational taxonomic units (MOTUs) found within Echinogammarus sicilianus. We used an integrative approach combining DNA barcoding with mate selection observations, detailed morphometrics and genome-wide double digest restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (ddRAD-seq). Within a relatively small sampling area, we detected twelve COI MOTUs (divergence = 1.8-20.3%), co-occurring in syntopy at two-thirds of the investigated sites. We found that pair formation was random and there was extensive nuclear gene flow among the ten MOTUs co-occurring within the same river stretch. The four most common MOTUs were also indistinguishable with respect to functional morphology. Therefore, the evidence best fits the hypothesis of a single, yet genetically diverse, species within the main river system. The only two MOTUs sampled outside the focal area were genetically distinct at the nuclear level and may represent distinct species. Our study reveals that COI-based species delimitation can significantly overestimate species diversity, highlighting the importance of integrative taxonomy for species validation, especially in hyperdiverse complexes with syntopically occurring mitochondrial MOTUs.
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- Kamil Hupało
- Aquatic Ecosystem Research, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 5, Essen, 45141, Germany
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- Nature Research Centre, Laboratory of Evolutionary Ecology of Hydrobionts, Akademijos 2, Vilnius, 08412, Lithuania
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- Aquatic Ecosystem Research, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 5, Essen, 45141, Germany.,Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 2, Essen, 45141, Germany
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- Aquatic Ecosystem Research, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 5, Essen, 45141, Germany.,Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 2, Essen, 45141, Germany
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A DNA barcode reference library for endemic Ponto-Caspian amphipods. Sci Rep 2022; 12:11332. [PMID: 35790799 PMCID: PMC9256591 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-15442-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The Ponto-Caspian region is an endemicity hotspot that harbours several crustacean radiations, among which amphipods are the most diverse. These poorly known species are severely threatened in their native range, while at the same time they are invading European inland waters with significant ecological consequences. A proper taxonomic knowledge of this fauna is paramount for its conservation within the native region and monitoring outside of it. Here, we assemble a DNA barcode reference library for nearly 60% of all known Ponto-Caspian amphipod species. We use several methods to define molecular operational taxonomic units (MOTUs), based on two mitochondrial markers (COI and 16S), and assess their congruence with current species-level taxonomy based on morphology. Depending on the method, we find that 54–69% of species had congruent morpho-molecular boundaries. The cases of incongruence resulted from lumping distinct morphospecies into a single MOTU (7–27%), splitting a morphospecies into several MOTUs (4–28%), or both (4–11%). MOTUs defined by distance-based methods without a priori divergence thresholds showed the highest congruence with morphological taxonomy. These results indicate that DNA barcoding is valuable for clarifying the diversity of Ponto-Caspian amphipods, but reveals that extensive work is needed to resolve taxonomic uncertainties. Our study advances the DNA barcode reference library for the European aquatic biota, paving the way towards improved taxonomic knowledge needed to enhance monitoring and conservation efforts.
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Macher JN, Kayal E, Duijm E, van der Hoorn B, Montano S, Speksnijder A. The mitochondrial genome of Nemalecium lighti (Hydrozoa, Leptothecata). MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES 2021; 6:3196-3198. [PMID: 34660901 PMCID: PMC8519520 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1989335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The hydrozoan species Nemalecium lighti (Hargitt, 1924) is widely distributed in tropical marine waters around the world. Here we report the complete linear mitochondrial genome of N. lighti from Sint Eustatius (Lesser Antilles). The mitochondrial genome with a length of 14,320 bp encodes for 13 protein-coding genes, two tRNA genes, and two rRNA genes. Gene arrangement differs from that found in other species of the same taxonomic order and a phylogenetic analysis shows that based on mitochondrial genes, N. lighti clusters outside of the Leptothecata, rendering the order paraphyletic.
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- Jan-Niklas Macher
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Marine Biodiversity, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Université de Caen Normandie, Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Caen, France
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Marine Biodiversity, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Marine Biodiversity, Leiden, The Netherlands.,Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Delft, The Netherlands
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- University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (DISAT), Milano, Italy
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Marine Biodiversity, Leiden, The Netherlands.,University of Applied Sciences Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Mitochondrial Genomes, Phylogenetic Associations, and SNP Recovery for the Key Invasive Ponto-Caspian Amphipods in Europe. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms221910300. [PMID: 34638649 PMCID: PMC8509019 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2021] [Revised: 09/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The Ponto-Caspian region is the main donor of invasive amphipods to freshwater ecosystems, with at least 13 species successfully established in European inland waters. Dikerogammarus spp. and Pontogammarus robustoides are among the most successful, due to their strong invasive impact on local biota. However, genomic knowledge about these invaders is scarce, while phylogeography and population genetics have been based on short fragments of mitochondrial markers or nuclear microsatellites. In this study, we provide: (i) a reconstruction of six mitogenomes for four invasive gammarids (D. villosus, D. haemobaphes, D. bispinosus, and P. robustoides); (ii) a comparison between the structure of the newly obtained mitogenomes and those from the literature; (iii) SNP calling rates for individual D. villosus and D. haemobaphes from different invasion sites across Europe; and (iv) the first time-calibrated full mitogenome phylogeny reconstruction of several Ponto-Caspian taxa. We found that, in comparison to other gammarids, the mitogenomes of Ponto-Caspian species show a translocation between the tRNA-E and tRNA-R positions. Phylogenetic reconstruction using the mitogenomes identified that Ponto-Caspian gammarids form a well-supported group that originated in the Miocene. Our study supports paraphyly in the family Gammaridae. These provided mitogenomes will serve as vital genetic resources for the development of new markers for PCR-based identification methods and demographic studies.
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Caputo DR, Robson SC, Werner I, Ford AT. Complete transcriptome assembly and annotation of a critically important amphipod species in freshwater ecotoxicological risk assessment: Gammarus fossarum. ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL 2020; 137:105319. [PMID: 32028177 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Because of their crucial role in ecotoxicological risk assessment, amphipods (Crustacea) are commonly employed as model species in a wide range of studies. However, despite their ecological importance, their genome has not yet been completely annotated and molecular mechanisms underlying key pathways, such as the serotonin pathway, in development of ecotoxicological biomarkers of exposure to neuroactive pharmaceuticals are still poorly understood. Furthermore, genetic similarities and discrepancies with other model arthropods (e.g., Drosophila melanogaster) have not been completely clarified. In this report, we present a new transcriptome assembly of Gammarus fossarum, an important amphipod species, widespread in Central Europe. RNA-Seq with Illumina HiSeq technology was used to analyse samples extracted from total internal tissues. We used the Trinity and Trinotate software suites for transcriptome assembly and annotation, respectively. The quality of this assembly and the affiliated targeted homology searches greatly enrich the molecular knowledge on this species. Because of the lack of publicly available molecular information on the serotonin pathway, we also highlighted sequence homologies and divergences of the genes encoding the serotonin pathway components of the well-annotated arthropod D. melanogaster, and Crustacea with the corresponding genes of our assembly. An inferior number of hits was found when running a BLAST analysis of both D. melanogaster and Crustacea mRNA sequences encoding serotonin receptors available in GenBank against the total assembly, compared to other serotonin pathway components. A lack of information on important components for serotonin biosynthesis and vesicle endocytosis (i.e., tryptophan hydroxylase and vesicular monoamine transporter) in Crustacea was also brought to light. Our results will provide an extensive transcriptional resource for this important species in ecotoxicological risk assessment and highlight the need for a more detailed categorization of neuronal pathways components in invertebrates.
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- Domenico R Caputo
- Institute of Marine Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Ferry Road, Portsmouth PO4 9LY, UK
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- Centre for Enzyme Innovation, St. Michael's Building, University of Portsmouth, White Swan Road, Portsmouth PO1 2DT, UK
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- Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology, Eawag - EPFL, Überlandstrasse 133, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Institute of Marine Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Ferry Road, Portsmouth PO4 9LY, UK.
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Romanova EV, Bukin YS, Mikhailov KV, Logacheva MD, Aleoshin VV, Sherbakov DY. Hidden cases of tRNA gene duplication and remolding in mitochondrial genomes of amphipods. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2019; 144:106710. [PMID: 31846708 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The evolution of tRNA genes in mitochondrial (mt) genomes is a complex process that includes duplications, degenerations, and transpositions, as well as a specific process of identity change through mutations in the anticodon (tRNA gene remolding or tRNA gene recruitment). Using amphipod-specific tRNA models for annotation, we show that tRNA duplications are more common in the mt genomes of amphipods than what was revealed by previous annotations. Seventeen cases of tRNA gene duplications were detected in the mt genomes of amphipods, and ten of them were tRNA genes that underwent remolding. The additional tRNA gene findings were verified using phylogenetic analysis and genetic distance analysis. The majority of remolded tRNA genes (seven out of ten cases) were found in the mt genomes of endemic amphipod species from Lake Baikal. All additional mt tRNA genes arose independently in the Baikalian amphipods, indicating the unusual plasticity of tRNA gene evolution in these species assemblages. The possible reasons for the unusual abundance of additional tRNA genes in the mt genomes of Baikalian amphipods are discussed. The amphipod-specific tRNA models developed for MiTFi refine existing predictions of tRNA genes in amphipods and reveal additional cases of duplicated tRNA genes overlooked by using less specific Metazoa-wide models. The application of these models for mt tRNA gene prediction will be useful for the correct annotation of mt genomes of amphipods and probably other crustaceans.
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- Elena V Romanova
- Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Limnological Institute, Irkutsk, Russian Federation.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Limnological Institute, Irkutsk, Russian Federation; Faculty of Biology and Soil Studies, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation
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- Belozersky Institute for Physicochemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation; Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Belozersky Institute for Physicochemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation; Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Belozersky Institute for Physicochemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation; Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Limnological Institute, Irkutsk, Russian Federation; Faculty of Biology and Soil Studies, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation
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Bojko J. The mitochondrial genome of UK (non-native) Dikerogammarus haemobaphes (Amphipoda: Gammaridae) informs upon Dikerogammarus evolution, invasions and associated microparasites. HYDROBIOLOGIA 2019; 847:229-242. [PMID: 32226107 PMCID: PMC7100570 DOI: 10.1007/s10750-019-04084-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The amphipod Dikerogammarus haemobaphes is a high-risk carrier of parasites that impact wildlife in its non-native range. Studies using the mitochondrial genes, Cytochrome Oxidase Sub-Unit 1 (cox1) and small-subunit ribosomal RNA gene (16S), provide some nucleotide detail for understanding the evolution and phylogeography of this species. Despite this, the origins of the invasion remain unknown, as do the origins of its parasites. This study provides the full annotated mitochondrial genome (15,460 bp) of D. haemobaphes, consisting of 2 rRNAs, 24 tRNAs and 14 protein coding genes. Mitochondrial genes from the UK isolate are compared to existing data on NCBI and are used in a concatenated phylogenetic approach and identify D. haemobaphes as an early member of the Gammaridae (Amphipoda). Viral, bacterial, protistan and microsporidian parasites are present across the Gammaridae, including D. haemobaphes, suggesting the ancestor of the Gammaridae harboured related diseases, and that further screening of amphipods is likely to reveal further microparasite diversity. This correlation suggests that other gammarid invaders have the potential to harbour a range of microparasites. The mitochondrial genome of this species will act a resource to facilitate our understanding of geneflow, disease epidemiology and evolutionary history in this invasion-disease model.
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- Jamie Bojko
- Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
- Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
- School of Forest Resource and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
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