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Buysse M, Koual R, Binetruy F, de Thoisy B, Baudrimont X, Garnier S, Douine M, Chevillon C, Delsuc F, Catzeflis F, Bouchon D, Duron O. Detection of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia bacteria in humans, wildlife, and ticks in the Amazon rainforest. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3988. [PMID: 38734682 PMCID: PMC11088697 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48459-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
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Tick-borne bacteria of the genera Ehrlichia and Anaplasma cause several emerging human infectious diseases worldwide. In this study, we conduct an extensive survey for Ehrlichia and Anaplasma infections in the rainforests of the Amazon biome of French Guiana. Through molecular genetics and metagenomics reconstruction, we observe a high indigenous biodiversity of infections circulating among humans, wildlife, and ticks inhabiting these ecosystems. Molecular typing identifies these infections as highly endemic, with a majority of new strains and putative species specific to French Guiana. They are detected in unusual rainforest wild animals, suggesting they have distinctive sylvatic transmission cycles. They also present potential health hazards, as revealed by the detection of Candidatus Anaplasma sparouinense in human red blood cells and that of a new close relative of the human pathogen Ehrlichia ewingii, Candidatus Ehrlichia cajennense, in the tick species that most frequently bite humans in South America. The genome assembly of three new putative species obtained from human, sloth, and tick metagenomes further reveals the presence of major homologs of Ehrlichia and Anaplasma virulence factors. These observations converge to classify health hazards associated with Ehrlichia and Anaplasma infections in the Amazon biome as distinct from those in the Northern Hemisphere.
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- Marie Buysse
- MIVEGEC, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- MIVEGEC, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- MIVEGEC, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de Guyane, Cayenne, France
- Association Kwata 'Study and Conservation of Guianan Wildlife', Cayenne, France
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- Direction Générale des Territoires et de la Mer (DGTM) - Direction de l'environnement, de l'agriculture, de l'alimentation et de la forêt (DEAAF), Cayenne, France
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- Biogéosciences, UMR 6282 uB/CNRS/EPHE, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Centre d'Investigation Clinique Antilles-Guyane, INSERM 1424, Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne, Cayenne, France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (ISEM), CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (ISEM), CNRS, IRD, EPHE, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- EBI, University of Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267, Poitiers, France
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- MIVEGEC, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France.
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Christen JR, Edouard S, Lamour T, Martinez E, Rousseau C, de Laval F, Catzeflis F, Djossou F, Raoult D, Pommier de Santi V, Epelboin L. Capybara and Brush Cutter Involvement in Q Fever Outbreak in Remote Area of Amazon Rain Forest, French Guiana, 2014. Emerg Infect Dis 2021; 26:993-997. [PMID: 32310064 PMCID: PMC7181911 DOI: 10.3201/eid2605.190242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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We investigated a Q fever outbreak that occurred in an isolated area of the Amazon Rain Forest in French Guiana in 2014. Capybara fecal samples were positive for Coxiella burnetii DNA. Being near brush cutters in use was associated with disease development. Capybaras are a putative reservoir for C. burnetii.
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da Cruz MOR, Weksler M, Bonvicino CR, Bezerra AMR, Prosdocimi F, Furtado C, Geise L, Catzeflis F, de Thoisy B, de Oliveira LFB, Silva C, de Oliveira JA. DNA barcoding of the rodent genus Oligoryzomys (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae): mitogenomic-anchored database and identification of nuclear mitochondrial translocations (Numts). Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal 2019; 30:702-712. [PMID: 31208245 DOI: 10.1080/24701394.2019.1622692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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DNA barcoding has become a standard method for species identification in taxonomically complex groups. An important step of the barcoding process is the construction of a library of voucher-based material that was properly identified by independent methods, free of inaccurate identification, and paralogs. We provide here a cytochrome oxidase I (mt-Co1) DNA barcode database for species of the genus Oligoryzomys, based on type material and karyotyped specimens, and anchored on the mitochondrial genome of one species of Oligoryzomys, O. stramineus. To evaluate the taxonomic determination of new COI sequences, we assessed species intra/interspecific genetic distances (barcode gap), performed the General Mixed Yule Coalescent method (GMYC) for lineages' delimitation, and identified diagnostic nucleotides for each species of Oligoryzomys. Phylogenetic analyses of Oligoryzomys were performed on 2 datasets including 14 of the 23 recognized species of this genus: a mt-Co1 only matrix, and a concatenated matrix including mt-Co1, cytochrome b (mt-Cytb), and intron 7 of the nuclear fibrinogen beta chain gene (i7Fgb). We recovered nuclear-mitochondrial translocated (Numts) pseudogenes on our samples and identified several published sequences that are cases of Numts. We analyzed the rate of non-synonymous and synonymous substitution, which were higher in Numts in comparison to mtDNA sequences. GMYC delimitations and DNA barcode gap results highlight the need for further work that integrate molecular, karyotypic, and morphological analyses, as well as additional sampling, to tackle persistent problems in the taxonomy of Oligoryzomys.
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- Marcos O R da Cruz
- Mammalogy, Department of Vertebrates, Museu Nacional / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
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- Mammalogy, Department of Vertebrates, Museu Nacional / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biology and Parasitology of Mammals, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz , Rio de Janeiro, RJ , Brazil.,Division of Genetics, Instituto Nacional de Câncer , Rio de Janeiro, RJ , Brazil
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- Laboratory of Genomics and Biodiversity, Institution of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
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- Division of Genetics, Instituto Nacional de Câncer , Rio de Janeiro, RJ , Brazil
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- Laboratory of Mammalogy, Institute of Biology, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
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- Institute of Science and Evolution, University of Montpellier 2 , Montpellier , France
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- Pasteur Institute of Guiana, Kwata NGO , Cayenne , French Guiana
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- Mammalogy, Department of Vertebrates, Museu Nacional / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
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- Laboratory of Mammalogy, Institute of Scientific Research and Technology of the Amapá State (IEPA) , Amapá , Brazil
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- Mammalogy, Department of Vertebrates, Museu Nacional / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
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Abstract: Postnatal growth and development of the small Neotropical mouse Oecomys rutilus (Sigmodontinae: Cricetidae) were investigated from birth to day 143, in the laboratory. Morphometric measurements at age of 3 days, of both sexes combined, revealed body weight to be 3.4 ± 0.3 g, mean tail length as 27.4 ± 1.1 mm, and mean hind foot length as 9.3 ± 0.7 mm. Body weight was found to increase steadily until at least 69 days, whereas the instantaneous growth rates of other measurements declined earlier: the daily growth of hind foot length declined to a minimum at age of 24 days, and the growth of tail and of ear declined by the age of 33 days. Average litter size for 12 captive births was 2.5, ranging from 2 to 3. The preserved eye crystalline lens was weighted in 23 captive-born animals of known age, allowing a rough estimate of the age of reproduction in wild-caught animals. Based on the inferred relation between eye-lens weight and age, the youngest reproductive (pregnant) wild-caught females had an estimated age of 90 and 95 days.
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Catzeflis F, Issartel G, Jemin J. New data on the bats (Chiroptera) of Martinique island (Lesser Antilles), with an emphasis on sexual dimorphism and sex ratios. MAMMALIA 2018. [DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2018-0121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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For deciphering the biodiversity of native mammals on the island of Martinique (Lesser Antilles), bats (Chiroptera) were netted in various localities during the course of two separate studies spanning 2004–2015. A total of 2613 individuals were caught in ground-level mist nets at 79 localities. In this study, we concentrate on 1859 captures of nine species of bats caught at 24 capture-rich localities. We provide sex-ratio values, forearm and body weight measurements for each taxon. The order of decreasing abundance in captures was Artibeus jamaicensis, Sturnira angeli, Brachyphylla cavernarum, Monophyllus plethodon, Myotis martiniquensis, Molossus molossus, Ardops nichollsi, Pteronotus davyi and Tadarida brasiliensis. Our results suggest a strong sex-bias in capture rates, with males much more abundant for Ardops and Monophyllus, whereas females are more abundant for Molossus, Pteronotus and Sturnira. A clear sexual dimorphism exists with larger females in Ardops and Pteronotus, whereas males are larger in Molossus, Monophyllus and Sturnira. Reproductive females (pregnant, lactating) were found almost exclusively during the dry season (January to June) for A. jamaicensis, M. plethodon and S. angeli.
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- François Catzeflis
- Faculté des Sciences, ISEM , Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, UMR-5554 CNRS , 34095 Montpellier , France
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- Société Française pour l’Etude et la Protection des Mammifères , Charbouniol, 07210 Rochessauve , France
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- Groupe Mammalogique et Herpetologique du Limousin, Chez Pouyaud , 87240 Saint-Sylvestre , France
- Société Française pour l’Etude et la Protection des Mammifères , 18000 Bourges , France
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Botero-Castro F, Tilak MK, Justy F, Catzeflis F, Delsuc F, Douzery EJP. In Cold Blood: Compositional Bias and Positive Selection Drive the High Evolutionary Rate of Vampire Bats Mitochondrial Genomes. Genome Biol Evol 2018; 10:2218-2239. [PMID: 29931241 PMCID: PMC6127110 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial genomes of animals have long been considered to evolve under the action of purifying selection. Nevertheless, there is increasing evidence that they can also undergo episodes of positive selection in response to shifts in physiological or environmental demands. Vampire bats experienced such a shift, as they are the only mammals feeding exclusively on blood and possessing anatomical adaptations to deal with the associated physiological requirements (e.g., ingestion of high amounts of liquid water and iron). We sequenced eight new chiropteran mitogenomes including two species of vampire bats, five representatives of other lineages of phyllostomids and one close outgroup. Conducting detailed comparative mitogenomic analyses, we found evidence for accelerated evolutionary rates at the nucleotide and amino acid levels in vampires. Moreover, the mitogenomes of vampire bats are characterized by an increased cytosine (C) content mirrored by a decrease in thymine (T) compared with other chiropterans. Proteins encoded by the vampire bat mitogenomes also exhibit a significant increase in threonine (Thr) and slight reductions in frequency of the hydrophobic residues isoleucine (Ile), valine (Val), methionine (Met), and phenylalanine (Phe). We show that these peculiar substitution patterns can be explained by the co-occurrence of both neutral (mutational bias) and adaptive (positive selection) processes. We propose that vampire bat mitogenomes may have been impacted by selection on mitochondrial proteins to accommodate the metabolism and nutritional qualities of blood meals.
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- Fidel Botero-Castro
- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (ISEM), Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France.,Division of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (ISEM), Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (ISEM), Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (ISEM), Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (ISEM), Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution (ISEM), Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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Kocher A, de Thoisy B, Catzeflis F, Valière S, Bañuls AL, Murienne J. iDNA screening: Disease vectors as vertebrate samplers. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:6478-6486. [PMID: 28926155 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Revised: 08/28/2017] [Accepted: 09/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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In the current context of global change and human-induced biodiversity decline, there is an urgent need for developing sampling approaches able to accurately describe the state of biodiversity. Traditional surveys of vertebrate fauna involve time-consuming and skill-demanding field methods. Recently, the use of DNA derived from invertebrate parasites (leeches and blowflies) was suggested as a new tool for vertebrate diversity assessment. Bloodmeal analyses of arthropod disease vectors have long been performed to describe their feeding behaviour, for epidemiological purposes. On the other hand, this existing expertise has not yet been applied to investigate vertebrate fauna per se. Here, we evaluate the usefulness of hematophagous dipterans as vertebrate samplers. Blood-fed sand flies and mosquitoes were collected in Amazonian forest sites and analysed using high-throughput sequencing of short mitochondrial markers. Bloodmeal identifications highlighted contrasting ecological features and feeding behaviour among dipteran species, which allowed unveiling arboreal and terrestrial mammals of various body size, as well as birds, lizards and amphibians. Additionally, lower vertebrate diversity was found in sites undergoing higher levels of human-induced perturbation. These results suggest that, in addition to providing precious information on disease vector host use, dipteran bloodmeal analyses may represent a useful tool in the study of vertebrate communities. Although further effort is required to validate the approach and consider its application to large-scale studies, this first work opens up promising perspectives for biodiversity monitoring and eco-epidemiology.
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- Arthur Kocher
- CNRS, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, ENFA;, UMR5174 EDB (Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique), Toulouse, France.,IRD 224, CNRS 5290, Université de Montpellier, UMR MIVEGEC, Montpellier, France
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- Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.,Association Kwata, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Case Courrier 064, CNRS UMR-5554, Université Montpellier-2, Montpellier, France
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- GeT-PlaGe, Genotoul, INRA Auzeville, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- IRD 224, CNRS 5290, Université de Montpellier, UMR MIVEGEC, Montpellier, France
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- CNRS, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, ENFA;, UMR5174 EDB (Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique), Toulouse, France
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Lavergne A, Matheus S, Catzeflis F, Donato D, Lacoste V, de Thoisy B. Virus hébergés par les rongeurs en Guyane française. Virologie (Montrouge) 2017; 21:130-146. [PMID: 31967560 DOI: 10.1684/vir.2017.0698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Among mammals, rodents play a key role in the emergence of viral diseases. In French Guiana, with 36 rodent species recorded in various ecosystems (pristine forests, savannas, anthropized environments), some natural habitats today encounter anthropogenic perturbations that induce changes in community structure and population dynamics. These modifications are sometimes associated with the circulation and emergence of viral pathogens. For 10 years, investigations on the circulation of two rodent-borne viruses, Hantavirus and Mammarenavirus, are underway in rodent populations as well as in humans for hantavirus. These investigations identified viruses from both genera in their potential reservoirs and allow describing the most favourable habitats for the reservoirs of hantavirus where the risk of viral emergence may be higher. We suggest to investigate how anthropic perturbations in rodent communities can drive the emergence of viruses that are currently confined to a small scale and search for evidence of infection in the human population.
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- Anne Lavergne
- Laboratoire des interactions virus-hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23, avenue Pasteur, BP 6010, 97306 Cayenne cedex, Guyane française
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- Laboratoire de virologie, CNR Hantavirus Laboratoire associé, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, Guyane française
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- Institut des Sciences de l'évolution, CNRS UMR-5554, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire des interactions virus-hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23, avenue Pasteur, BP 6010, 97306 Cayenne cedex, Guyane française
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- Laboratoire des interactions virus-hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23, avenue Pasteur, BP 6010, 97306 Cayenne cedex, Guyane française
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- Laboratoire des interactions virus-hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23, avenue Pasteur, BP 6010, 97306 Cayenne cedex, Guyane française
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Kocher A, Thoisy B, Catzeflis F, Huguin M, Valière S, Zinger L, Bañuls A, Murienne J. Evaluation of short mitochondrial metabarcodes for the identification of Amazonian mammals. Methods Ecol Evol 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.12729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Arthur Kocher
- CNRS, University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, ENFA, UMR5174 EDB (Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique) Toulouse France
- UMR MIVEGEC (IRD 224 – CNRS 5290 – Université de Montpellier) 911 Avenue Agropolis F34394 Montpellier France
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- Institut Pasteur de la Guyane 23 avenue Pasteur 97300 Cayenne French Guiana
- Association Kwata 16 avenue Pasteur 97300 Cayenne French Guiana
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Case Courrier 064, CNRS UMR‐5554, Université Montpellier‐2 Place E. Bataillon F‐34095 Montpellier France
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- Institut Pasteur de la Guyane 23 avenue Pasteur 97300 Cayenne French Guiana
- Association Kwata 16 avenue Pasteur 97300 Cayenne French Guiana
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- GeT–PlaGe, Genotoul, INRA Auzeville 31326 Castanet‐Tolosan France
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- CNRS, University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, ENFA, UMR5174 EDB (Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique) Toulouse France
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- UMR MIVEGEC (IRD 224 – CNRS 5290 – Université de Montpellier) 911 Avenue Agropolis F34394 Montpellier France
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- CNRS, University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, ENFA, UMR5174 EDB (Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique) Toulouse France
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Catzeflis F, Gager Y, Ruedi M, de Thoisy B. The French Guianan endemic Molossus barnesi (Chiroptera: Molossidae) is a junior synonym for M. coibensis. Mamm Biol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2016.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Weirich JM, Catzeflis F, Jiménez FA. Guerrerostrongylus marginalis n. sp. (Trichostrongyloidea: Heligmonellidae) from the Guianan arboreal mouse (Oecomys auyantepui) from French Guiana. Parasite 2016; 23:9. [PMID: 26956220 PMCID: PMC4783586 DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2016009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 02/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Based on the number and arrangement of cuticular ridges and configuration of the dorsal ray, nematode specimens collected from the small intestine of eight Guianan arboreal mice, Oecomys auyantepui (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae), in French Guiana are herein described and characterized. Guerrerostrongylus marginalis n. sp. (Heligmosomoidea: Heligmonellidae) shows a synlophe consisting of more than 40 ridges and a unique bursal arrangement with ray 8 (externo-dorsal) extending to the edge of the bursal margin, and appearing more prominent than the dorsal ray. This bursal arrangement is common in members of Hassalstrongylus Durette-Desset, 1971, but uncommon in the other four species in Guerrerostrongylus Sutton & Durette-Desset, 1991. The placement of the new species in Guerrerostrongylus is based on the number and nature of cuticular ridges and the ray arrangement and symmetry of the caudal bursa. Diagnostic characteristics of Guerrerostrongylus marginalis n. sp. include the length of ray 8 relative to bursal margin, the relative size of the spicules and vestibule, and the number of eggs in the uterus. We propose an amendment to the generic diagnosis of Guerrerostrongylus to modify the characters of the long rays 6 (postero-lateral), rays 8 (externo-dorsal), and dorsal ray as diagnostic, since at least ray 6 appears to be short in two different species in the genus, namely G. ulysi Digiani, Notarnicola & Navone, 2012 and G. marginalis n. sp.
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- Jessica M. Weirich
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Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale IL
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CNRS UMR 5554, Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution, Case Courrier 064, Université Montpellier Montpellier
34095 France
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Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale IL
62901-6501 USA
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AbstractA sample of 251 pellets regurgitated by the barn owl in an old building located in Sinnamary (French Guiana) provided a rare opportunity to get a preliminary inventory of small rodents and opossums living in grassy savannas along the coastal non-forested landscapes of this Guianan region. From a total of 329 specimens of vertebrate remains, we focused on 259 small rodents and opossums that could be positively identified. Two species previously unknown in French Guiana were evidenced: a very small opossum of the genus
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Lavergne A, de Thoisy B, Tirera S, Donato D, Bouchier C, Catzeflis F, Lacoste V. Identification of lymphocytic choriomeningitis mammarenavirus in house mouse (Mus musculus, Rodentia) in French Guiana. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 2016; 37:225-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2015.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Revised: 11/20/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Grall N, Barraud O, Wieder I, Hua A, Perrier M, Babosan A, Gaschet M, Clermont O, Denamur E, Catzeflis F, Decré D, Ploy MC, Andremont A. Lack of dissemination of acquired resistance to β-lactams in small wild mammals around an isolated village in the Amazonian forest. Environ Microbiol Rep 2015; 7:698-708. [PMID: 25858231 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In this study, we quantitatively evaluated the spread of resistance to β-lactams and of integrons in small rodents and marsupials living at various distances from a point of antibiotic's use. Rectal swabs from 114 animals were collected in Trois-Sauts, an isolated village in French Guiana, and along a 3 km transect heading through the non-anthropized primary forest. Prevalence of ticarcillin-resistant enterobacteria was 36% (41/114). Klebsiella spp., naturally resistant to ticarcillin, were found in 31.1% (23/73) of animals from the village and in an equal ratio of 31.7% (13/41) of animals trapped along the transect. By contrast Escherichia coli with acquired resistance to ticarcillin were found in 13.7% (10/73) of animals from the village and in only 2.4% (1/41) of those from the transect (600 m from the village). There was a huge diversity of E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae strains with very unique and infrequent sequence types. The overall prevalence of class 1 integrons carriage was 19.3% (22/114) homogenously distributed between animals from the village and the transect, which suggests a co-selection by a non-antibiotic environmental factor. Our results indicate that the anthropogenic acquired antibiotic resistance did not disseminate in the wild far from the point of selective pressure.
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- Nathalie Grall
- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, F-75018, Paris, France
- Univ Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75018, Paris, France
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, F-75018, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, CHU Limoges, Limoges, France
- INSERM, U1092, Limoges, France
- Univ Limoges, UMR-S1092, Limoges, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, F-75018, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, F-75018, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, F-75018, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, F-75012, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, CHU Limoges, Limoges, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, F-75018, Paris, France
- Univ Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75018, Paris, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, F-75018, Paris, France
- Univ Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75018, Paris, France
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- CNRS UMR-5554, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Univ Montpellier-2, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, AP-HP, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, F-75012, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CR7, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI, team E13 (Bacteriology), Paris, France
- INSERM, U1135, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI, Team E13, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie-Hygiène, CHU Limoges, Limoges, France
- INSERM, U1092, Limoges, France
- Univ Limoges, UMR-S1092, Limoges, France
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- INSERM, IAME, UMR 1137, F-75018, Paris, France
- Univ Paris Diderot, IAME, UMR 1137, Sorbonne Paris Cité, F-75018, Paris, France
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, F-75018, Paris, France
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Moratelli R, Dewynter M, Delaval M, Catzeflis F, Ruedi M. First record of Myotis albescens (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in French Guiana. Biodivers Data J 2015:e5314. [PMID: 26069439 PMCID: PMC4458588 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.3.e5314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background Myotisalbescens occurs from Mexico southward to Uruguay and Argentina. The species is known for all South American countries except French Guiana and Chile. New information Based on one specimen recently collected in French Guiana we fill part of the gap in the distribution of the species in South America. Myotisalbescens occurs in the Guiana Shield with other four congeners, from which it can be distinguished by external and skull traits. As an aid to future identifications, we provide a key to this assemblage.
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- Ricardo Moratelli
- Fiocruz Mata Atlântica, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, CEP 22713-375, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Groupe Chiroptères de Guyane, 15 cité Massel, F-97300, Cayenne, French Guyana
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- Groupe Chiroptères de Guyane, 15 cité Massel, F-97300, Cayenne, French Guyana
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, CNRS UMR-5554, Université Montpellier-2, F-34095, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Mammalogy and Ornithology, Natural History Museum of Geneva, BP 6434, 1211, Geneva 6, Switzerland
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Lavergne A, de Thoisy B, Donato D, Guidez A, Matheus S, Catzeflis F, Lacoste V. Patawa Virus, a New Arenavirus Hosted by Forest Rodents in French Guiana. Ecohealth 2015; 12:339-346. [PMID: 25217336 DOI: 10.1007/s10393-014-0971-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2014] [Revised: 07/25/2014] [Accepted: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Molecular screening of rodents from French Guiana has detected a new arenavirus, named "Patawa," in two Oecomys species (Muridae, Sigmodontinae). Further investigations are needed to better understand the circulation of this virus in rodent and human populations and its public health impact.
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- Anne Lavergne
- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23 Avenue Pasteur, BP 6010, 97306, Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana.
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23 Avenue Pasteur, BP 6010, 97306, Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana
- Association Kwata, Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23 Avenue Pasteur, BP 6010, 97306, Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23 Avenue Pasteur, BP 6010, 97306, Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana
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- Laboratoire de Virologie, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana
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- Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, 23 Avenue Pasteur, BP 6010, 97306, Cayenne Cedex, French Guiana
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Francia S, Silvotti L, Ghirardi F, Catzeflis F, Percudani R, Tirindelli R. Evolution of spatially coexpressed families of type-2 vomeronasal receptors in rodents. Genome Biol Evol 2014; 7:272-85. [PMID: 25539725 PMCID: PMC4316634 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The vomeronasal organ (VNO) is an olfactory structure for the detection of pheromones. VNO neurons express three groups of unrelated G-protein-coupled receptors. Type-2 vomeronasal receptors (V2Rs) are specifically localized in the basal neurons of the VNO and are believed to sense protein pheromones eliciting specific reproductive behaviors. In murine species, V2Rs are organized into four families. Family-ABD V2Rs are expressed monogenically and coexpress with family-C V2Rs of either subfamily C1 (V2RC1) or subfamily C2 (V2RC2), according to a coordinate temporal diagram. Neurons expressing the phylogenetically ancient V2RC1 coexpress family-BD V2Rs or a specific group of subfamily-A V2Rs (V2RA8-10), whereas a second neuronal subset (V2RC2-positive) coexpresses a recently expanded group of five subfamily-A V2Rs (V2RA1-5) along with vomeronasal-specific Major Histocompatibility Complex molecules (H2-Mv). Through database mining and Sanger sequencing, we have analyzed the onset, diversification, and expansion of the V2R-families throughout the phylogeny of Rodentia. Our results suggest that the separation of V2RC1 and V2RC2 occurred in a Cricetidae ancestor in coincidence with the evolution of the H2-Mv genes; this phylogenetic event did not correspond with the origin of the coexpressing V2RA1-5 genes, which dates back to an ancestral myomorphan lineage. Interestingly, the evolution of receptors within the V2RA1-5 group may be implicated in the origin and diversification of some of the V2R putative cognate ligands, the exocrine secreting peptides. The establishment of V2RC2, which probably reflects the complex expansion and diversification of family-A V2Rs, generated receptors that have probably acquired a more subtle functional specificity.
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- Laboratoire de Paleontologie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR 5554 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Montpellier 2, France
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Vernochet C, Redelsperger F, Harper F, Souquere S, Catzeflis F, Pierron G, Nevo E, Heidmann T, Dupressoir A. The captured retroviral envelope syncytin-A and syncytin-B genes are conserved in the Spalacidae together with hemotrichorial placentation. Biol Reprod 2014; 91:148. [PMID: 25339103 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.124818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Syncytins are fusogenic envelope (env) genes of retroviral origin that have been captured for a function in placentation. Multiple independent events of syncytin gene capture were found to have occurred in primates, rodents, lagomorphs, carnivores, and ruminants. In the mouse, two syncytin-A and -B genes are present, which trigger the formation of the two-layered placental syncytiotrophoblast at the maternal-fetal interface, a structure classified as hemotrichorial. Here, we identified syncytin-A and -B orthologous genes in the genome of all Muroidea species analyzed, thus dating their capture back to about at least 40 million years ago, with evidence that they evolved under strong purifying selection. We further show, in the divergent Spalacidae lineage (blind mole rats [Spalax]), that both syncytins have conserved placenta-specific expression, as revealed by RT-PCR analysis of a panel of Spalax galili tissues, and display fusogenic activity, using ex vivo cell-cell fusion assays. Refined analysis of the placental architecture and ultrastructure revealed that the Spalax placenta displays a hemotrichorial organization of the interhemal membranes, as similarly observed for other Muroidea species, yet with only one trophoblastic cell layer being clearly syncytialized. In situ hybridization experiments further localized syncytin transcripts at the level of these differentiated interhemal membranes. These findings argue for a role of syncytin gene capture in the establishment of the original hemotrichorial placenta of Muroidea, and more generally in the diversity of placental structures among mammals.
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- Cécile Vernochet
- Unité des Rétrovirus Endogènes et Eléments Rétroïdes des Eucaryotes Supérieurs, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8122, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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- Unité des Rétrovirus Endogènes et Eléments Rétroïdes des Eucaryotes Supérieurs, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8122, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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- Unité des Rétrovirus Endogènes et Eléments Rétroïdes des Eucaryotes Supérieurs, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8122, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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- Unité des Rétrovirus Endogènes et Eléments Rétroïdes des Eucaryotes Supérieurs, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8122, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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- Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Phylogénie et Paléobiologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Montpellier II, Montpellier, France
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- Unité des Rétrovirus Endogènes et Eléments Rétroïdes des Eucaryotes Supérieurs, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8122, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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- Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel
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- Unité des Rétrovirus Endogènes et Eléments Rétroïdes des Eucaryotes Supérieurs, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8122, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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- Unité des Rétrovirus Endogènes et Eléments Rétroïdes des Eucaryotes Supérieurs, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 8122, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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Scheibel RP, Catzeflis F, Jiméñez FA. The relationships of marsupial-dwelling Viannaiidae and description of Travassostrongylus scheibelorum sp. n. (Trichostrongylina: Heligmosomoidea) from mouse opossums (Didelphidae) from French Guiana. Folia Parasitol (Praha) 2014; 61:242-54. [PMID: 25065130 DOI: 10.14411/fp.2014.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The trichostrongylid nematode Travassostrongylus scheibelorum sp. n. from the Linnaeus' mouse opossum, Marmosa murina (Linnaeus) (type host), and the woolly mouse opossum, Marmosa demerarae (Thomas), from French Guiana is described. The nematodes have a synlophe with ridges frontally oriented from right to left, six dorsal and six ventral, at midbody; seven dorsal and seven ventral posterior to the vulva, and two cuticular thickenings within the lateral spaces; a long dorsal ray and a pointed cuticular flap covering the vulva. This is the 12th species of Travassostrongylus Orloff, 1933, which includes species featuring ridges around the synlophe and a didelphic condition. These traits contrast with those in other genera in the Viannaiidae Neveu-Lemaire, 1934, which feature ventral ridges on the synlophe of adults and a monodelphic condition. Members of the family are chiefly Neotropical and are diagnosed based on the presence of a bursa of the type 2-2-1, 2-1-2 or irregular, and cuticle without ridges on the dorsal side (at least during one stage of their development). Herein, we present a reconstruction of the ancestral states of the didelphic/monodelphic condition and the cuticular ridges that form the synlophe in opossum-dwelling trichostrongyles, namely Travassostrongylus and Viannaia Travassos, 1914. Our investigations suggest they are not reciprocal sister taxa and that the change from didelphy to monodelphy and the loss of dorsal ridges, occurred in the common ancestor of species of Viannaia. These results suggest a synlophe with three ventral ridges is not plesiomorphic in the opossum dwelling trichostrongylids.
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de Thoisy B, Matheus S, Catzeflis F, Clément L, Barrioz S, Guidez A, Donato D, Cornu JF, Brunaux O, Guitet S, Lacoste V, Lavergne A. Maripa hantavirus in French Guiana: phylogenetic position and predicted spatial distribution of rodent hosts. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2014; 90:988-92. [PMID: 24752689 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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A molecular screening of wild-caught rodents was conducted in French Guiana, South America to identify hosts of the hantavirus Maripa described in 2008 in a hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) case. Over a 9-year period, 418 echimyids and murids were captured. Viral RNA was detected in two sigmodontine rodents, Oligoryzomys fulvescens and Zygodontomys brevicauda, trapped close to the house of a second HPS case that occurred in 2009 and an O. fulvescens close to the fourth HPS case identified in 2013. Sequences from the rodents had 96% and 97% nucleotide identity (fragment of S and M segments, respectively) with the sequence of the first human HPS case. Phylogenetic reconstructions based on the complete sequence of the S segment show that Maripa virus is closely related to Rio Mamore hantavirus. Using environmental descriptors of trapping sites, including vegetation, landscape units, rain, and human disturbance, a maximal entropy-based species distribution model allowed for identification of areas of higher predicted occurrence of the two rodents, where emergence risks of Maripa virus are expected to be higher.
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- Benoît de Thoisy
- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Arbovirus, Virus Influenza et Hantavirus, Laboratoires Associés-Pôle Antilles Guyane, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Paléobiologie et Phylogénie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554, Montpellier, France; Association Kwata, Cayenne, French Guiana; Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) Biologie des ORganismes et des Ecosystèmes (BOREA), Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, Museum National d#x0027;Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Centre National d#x0027;Etude Scientifique (CNRS) 7208, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) 207, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Cayenne, French Guiana; Office National des Forêts, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Arbovirus, Virus Influenza et Hantavirus, Laboratoires Associés-Pôle Antilles Guyane, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Paléobiologie et Phylogénie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554, Montpellier, France; Association Kwata, Cayenne, French Guiana; Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) Biologie des ORganismes et des Ecosystèmes (BOREA), Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, Museum National d#x0027;Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Centre National d#x0027;Etude Scientifique (CNRS) 7208, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) 207, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Cayenne, French Guiana; Office National des Forêts, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Arbovirus, Virus Influenza et Hantavirus, Laboratoires Associés-Pôle Antilles Guyane, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Paléobiologie et Phylogénie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554, Montpellier, France; Association Kwata, Cayenne, French Guiana; Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) Biologie des ORganismes et des Ecosystèmes (BOREA), Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, Museum National d#x0027;Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Centre National d#x0027;Etude Scientifique (CNRS) 7208, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) 207, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Cayenne, French Guiana; Office National des Forêts, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Arbovirus, Virus Influenza et Hantavirus, Laboratoires Associés-Pôle Antilles Guyane, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Paléobiologie et Phylogénie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554, Montpellier, France; Association Kwata, Cayenne, French Guiana; Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) Biologie des ORganismes et des Ecosystèmes (BOREA), Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, Museum National d#x0027;Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Centre National d#x0027;Etude Scientifique (CNRS) 7208, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) 207, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Cayenne, French Guiana; Office National des Forêts, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Arbovirus, Virus Influenza et Hantavirus, Laboratoires Associés-Pôle Antilles Guyane, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Paléobiologie et Phylogénie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554, Montpellier, France; Association Kwata, Cayenne, French Guiana; Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) Biologie des ORganismes et des Ecosystèmes (BOREA), Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, Museum National d#x0027;Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Centre National d#x0027;Etude Scientifique (CNRS) 7208, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) 207, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Cayenne, French Guiana; Office National des Forêts, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Arbovirus, Virus Influenza et Hantavirus, Laboratoires Associés-Pôle Antilles Guyane, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Paléobiologie et Phylogénie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554, Montpellier, France; Association Kwata, Cayenne, French Guiana; Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) Biologie des ORganismes et des Ecosystèmes (BOREA), Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, Museum National d#x0027;Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Centre National d#x0027;Etude Scientifique (CNRS) 7208, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) 207, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Cayenne, French Guiana; Office National des Forêts, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Arbovirus, Virus Influenza et Hantavirus, Laboratoires Associés-Pôle Antilles Guyane, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Paléobiologie et Phylogénie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554, Montpellier, France; Association Kwata, Cayenne, French Guiana; Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) Biologie des ORganismes et des Ecosystèmes (BOREA), Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, Museum National d#x0027;Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Centre National d#x0027;Etude Scientifique (CNRS) 7208, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) 207, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Cayenne, French Guiana; Office National des Forêts, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Arbovirus, Virus Influenza et Hantavirus, Laboratoires Associés-Pôle Antilles Guyane, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Paléobiologie et Phylogénie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554, Montpellier, France; Association Kwata, Cayenne, French Guiana; Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) Biologie des ORganismes et des Ecosystèmes (BOREA), Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, Museum National d#x0027;Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Centre National d#x0027;Etude Scientifique (CNRS) 7208, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) 207, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Cayenne, French Guiana; Office National des Forêts, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Arbovirus, Virus Influenza et Hantavirus, Laboratoires Associés-Pôle Antilles Guyane, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Paléobiologie et Phylogénie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554, Montpellier, France; Association Kwata, Cayenne, French Guiana; Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) Biologie des ORganismes et des Ecosystèmes (BOREA), Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, Museum National d#x0027;Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Centre National d#x0027;Etude Scientifique (CNRS) 7208, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) 207, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Cayenne, French Guiana; Office National des Forêts, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Arbovirus, Virus Influenza et Hantavirus, Laboratoires Associés-Pôle Antilles Guyane, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Paléobiologie et Phylogénie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554, Montpellier, France; Association Kwata, Cayenne, French Guiana; Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) Biologie des ORganismes et des Ecosystèmes (BOREA), Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, Museum National d#x0027;Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Centre National d#x0027;Etude Scientifique (CNRS) 7208, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) 207, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Cayenne, French Guiana; Office National des Forêts, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Arbovirus, Virus Influenza et Hantavirus, Laboratoires Associés-Pôle Antilles Guyane, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Paléobiologie et Phylogénie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554, Montpellier, France; Association Kwata, Cayenne, French Guiana; Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) Biologie des ORganismes et des Ecosystèmes (BOREA), Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, Museum National d#x0027;Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Centre National d#x0027;Etude Scientifique (CNRS) 7208, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) 207, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Cayenne, French Guiana; Office National des Forêts, Cayenne, French Guiana
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- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre National de Référence des Arbovirus, Virus Influenza et Hantavirus, Laboratoires Associés-Pôle Antilles Guyane, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana; Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Paléobiologie et Phylogénie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR5554, Montpellier, France; Association Kwata, Cayenne, French Guiana; Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) Biologie des ORganismes et des Ecosystèmes (BOREA), Département Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, Museum National d#x0027;Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Centre National d#x0027;Etude Scientifique (CNRS) 7208, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) 207, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Cayenne, French Guiana; Office National des Forêts, Cayenne, French Guiana
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Angebault C, Djossou F, Abélanet S, Permal E, Ben Soltana M, Diancourt L, Bouchier C, Woerther PL, Catzeflis F, Andremont A, d'Enfert C, Bougnoux ME. Candida albicans Is Not Always the Preferential Yeast Colonizing Humans: A Study in Wayampi Amerindians. J Infect Dis 2013; 208:1705-16. [DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Byles B, Catzeflis F, Scheibel RP, Jiménez FA. Gastrointestinal Helminths of Two Species of Mouse Opossums (Marmosa demeraraeandMarmosa murina) from French Guiana. COMP PARASITOL 2013. [DOI: 10.1654/4621.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Lescat M, Clermont O, Woerther PL, Glodt J, Dion S, Skurnik D, Djossou F, Dupont C, Perroz G, Picard B, Catzeflis F, Andremont A, Denamur E. Commensal Escherichia coli strains in Guiana reveal a high genetic diversity with host-dependant population structure. Environ Microbiol Rep 2013; 5:49-57. [PMID: 23757130 DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2012.00374.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2012] [Accepted: 07/21/2012] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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We undertook a large-scale epidemiological survey of commensal Escherichia coli in Trois-Sauts, an isolated village located in the south of French Guiana where human population exchanges are restricted and source of antibiotics controlled. Stools from 162 Wayampi Amerindians and rectal swabs from 33 human associated and 198 wild animals were collected in the close proximity of the village. The prevalence of E. coli was decreasing from humans (100%) to human associated (64%) and wild (45%) animals. A clear genetic structure between these three E. coli populations was observed with human strains belonging very rarely to B2 phylogroup (3.7%), exhibiting few virulence genes and bacteriocins but being antibiotic resistant whereas wild animal strains were characterized by 46.1% of B2 phylogroup belonging, with very unique and infrequent sequence types, numerous extraintestinal genes and bacteriocins but no antibiotic resistance; the human-associated animal strains being intermediate. Furthermore, an unexpected genetic diversity was observed among the strains, as the housekeeping gene nucleotide diversity per site of the Trois-Sauts's strains was higher than the one of reference strains representative of the known species diversity. The existence of such E. coli structured phylogenetic diversity within various hosts of a single localization has never been reported.
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Vernochet C, Heidmann O, Dupressoir A, Cornelis G, Dessen P, Catzeflis F, Heidmann T. A syncytin-like endogenous retrovirus envelope gene of the guinea pig specifically expressed in the placenta junctional zone and conserved in Caviomorpha. Placenta 2011; 32:885-92. [PMID: 21893339 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2011.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2011] [Revised: 08/08/2011] [Accepted: 08/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Syncytins are genes of retroviral origin that have been co-opted by mammalian hosts for a function in placentation. Two such genes have already been identified in simians, as well as two distinct, unrelated ones in Muridae and a fifth in the rabbit. Here we searched for similar genes in the guinea pig, which belongs to the Caviomorpha lineage within the Hystricognathi suborder of rodents and displays a placental structural organization with several characteristic features comparable to those of the human organ, including deep trophoblast invasion of maternal tissues. An in silico search for envelope (env) genes with full coding capacity identified a candidate gene that showed specific expression in the placenta, as revealed by RT-qPCR using RNAs from a large panel of tissues. This gene belongs to an endogenous retroviral element present at a single-copy in the guinea pig genome, still displaying a retroviral organization - with a degenerate gag and pol, but an intact env gene. In situ hybridization of guinea pig placenta sections demonstrated specific expression at the level of the invasive trophoblast-containing junctional zone, as observed in humans for syncytin-1 and consistent with a role in invasion of the maternal uterine tissues. The identified gene displays a conserved open reading frame in the Caviomorpha, consistent with an entry date >30 million years, and sequence analyses showed purifying selection of the gene. Conclusively, despite the absence of a demonstrated fusogenic activity, it is likely that the identified env gene - that we named syncytin-like env-Cav1 - exerts a physiological function possibly related to trophoblast invasion, in the course of caviomorph placentation.
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- C Vernochet
- Unité des Rétrovirus Endogènes et Eléments Rétroïdes des Eucaryotes Supérieurs, UMR 8122 CNRS, Institut Gustave Roussy, 39, rue Camille Desmoulins, 94805 Villejuif, France
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Pagès M, Corbet G, Orth A, Volobouev V, Michaux J, Catzeflis F. Morphological, chromosomal, and genic differences between sympatricRattus rattusandRattus sataraein South India. J Mammal 2011. [DOI: 10.1644/10-mamm-a-033.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Jiménez FA, Catzeflis F, Gardner SL. Structure of parasite component communities of didelphid marsupials: insights from a comparative study. J Parasitol 2011; 97:779-87. [PMID: 21506798 DOI: 10.1645/ge-2711.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The parasite fauna of the gray four-eyed opossum, Philander opossum (Linnaeus, 1758), and the common opossum, Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758, in Camp du Tigre, French Guiana, is characterized. Nine species from the gastrointestinal system were recovered from both species, which shared 80% of their parasites. The parasite fauna comprised several monoxenous species (63%) and was dominated by Aspidodera raillieti Travassos, 1914, which exhibited high levels of prevalence and abundance in both communities. Only 2 species (Moennigia sp. and Spirura guianensis) had been recorded in other species of mammals. Both species richness and taxonomic composition at the level of component communities from this locality were compared against 11 communities present in the Virginia ( Didelphis virginiana ), white-bellied (Didelphis albiventris), and common opossum from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and the United States. Neither host phylogeny nor taxonomy accounted for statistical differences in species richness. There was no statistical difference among species richness values among the 9 localities studied. Taxonomic similarity was analyzed by means of the Jaccard's similarity index, including all, and only common species (occurring in prevalence >10%). The results suggest that sympatric species of marsupials share more species of parasites than parasite communities occurring in conspecific marsupials from different localities. As a consequence, taxonomic composition of these parasite communities varied depending on the locality. Probably, marsupials of the monophyletic Didelphini offer the same compatibility toward their parasites, by presenting them with similar habitats. Subtle differences in lifestyles of the marsupials may determine the chance of encounter between the symbionts and prevent some parasites from completing their life cycles. Further and more rigorous tests are necessary to determine the roles of encounter and compatibility filters, as well as the role of chance, in the structuring of parasite communities in marsupials.
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- F Agustín Jiménez
- Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62501-6501, USA.
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Lavergne A, Ruiz-García M, Catzeflis F, Lacote S, Contamin H, Mercereau-Puijalon O, Lacoste V, de Thoisy B. Phylogeny and phylogeography of squirrel monkeys (genus Saimiri) based on cytochrome b genetic analysis. Am J Primatol 2010; 72:242-53. [PMID: 19937739 DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Squirrel monkeys (genus Saimiri) are distributed over a wide area encompassing the Amazon Basin: French Guiana, Suriname, and Guyana, together with Western Panama and Western Costa Rica. The genus Saimiri includes a complex of species and subspecies displaying considerable morphological variation. Taxonomic and systematic studies have identified, in this genus, one to seven species comprising up to 16 subspecies. The phylogenetic relationships between these taxa are poorly understood. Molecular markers have yielded a consistent framework for the systematics of Central and South American Saimiri, identifying four distinct clades: S. oerstedii, S. sciureus, S. boliviensis, and S. ustus. Here, we reconsider the phylogenetic and biogeographic history of Saimiri on the basis of mitochondrial (mtDNA) sequence data, focusing mostly on individuals originating from the Amazon Basin. We studied 32 monkeys with well-defined geographic origins and inferred the phylogenetic relationships between them on the basis of full-length cytochrome b gene nucleotide sequences. The high level of gene diversity observed (0.966) is consistent with the high level of behavioral and morphological variation observed across the geographic range of the genus: 20 mtDNA haplotypes were identified with a maximum divergence of 4.81% between S. b. boliviensis and S. ustus. In addition to confirming the existence of the four clades previously identified on the basis of molecular characters, we suggest several new lineages, including S. s. macrodon, S. s. albigena, S. s. cassiquiarensis, and S. s. collinsi. We also propose new patterns of dispersion and diversification for the genus Saimiri, and discuss the contribution of certain rivers and forest refuges to its structuring.
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- Anne Lavergne
- Centre de Primatologie de l'Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana
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Voss RS, Myers P, Catzeflis F, Carmignotto AP, Barreiro J. Chapter 11. The Six Opossums of Félix de Azara: Identification, Taxonomic History, Neotype Designations, and Nomenclatural Recommendations. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2009. [DOI: 10.1206/582-11.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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de Thoisy B, Lacoste V, Germain A, Muñoz-Jordán J, Colón C, Mauffrey JF, Delaval M, Catzeflis F, Kazanji M, Matheus S, Dussart P, Morvan J, Setién AA, Deparis X, Lavergne A. Dengue infection in neotropical forest mammals. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2009; 9:157-70. [PMID: 18945183 DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In South America, dengue is the arbovirus-transmitted disease with the highest incidence. Unlike other arboviruses, wild mammals have no confirmed role in the cycle of dengue in the neotropics, although serological studies have suggested a possible secondary amplification cycle involving mammals other than nonhuman primates. In French Guiana, where all four serotypes (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, DENV-4) are present, the disease is endemic with outbreak events. To determine whether wild mammals can be infected by DENV, rodents, marsupials, and bats were captured over several periods, from 2001 to 2007, at two sites. The first location is a secondary forest surrounded by an urban area where dengue is endemic. The second location is a forest edge site where the disease has not yet emerged. A total of 10,000 trap-nights were performed and 616 mammals were captured. RNAs representing the four DENV serotypes were detected at both sites by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction in the livers and/or sera of 92 mammals belonging to 14 out of 32 species distributed among all the orders investigated: Rodentia (33 positive/146 tested), Marsupialia (40/318), and Chiroptera (19/152). Sequence analyses of a portion of the capsid and premembrane junction revealed that mammal strains of DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4 had only 92.6%, 89%, 95%, and 95.8% identity, respectively, with strains circulating in the human population during the same periods. Regarding DENV-2, strains related (99% identity) to those responsible for an epidemic event in humans in French Guiana concurrent to the capture sessions were also evidenced, suggesting that wild mammals in edge habitats can be infected by circulating human strains. Our results demonstrate, for the first time, that neotropical wild mammals can be infected with dengue virus. The question of whether mammals maintain DENV in enzootic cycles and can play a role in its reemergence in human populations remains to be answered.
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- Benoît de Thoisy
- Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana
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Volobouev V, Catzeflis F. Mechanisms of chromosomal evolution in three European species of the Sorex araneus-arcticus group (Insectivora: Soricidae). J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.1989.tb00347.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hausser BJ, Dannelid E, Catzeflis F. Distribution of two karyotypic races of Sorex araneus (Insectivora, Soricidae) in Switzerland and the post-glacial recolonization of the Valais: First results. J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.1986.tb00638.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Catzeflis F, Tilak MK. Molecular systematics of Neotropical spiny mice (Neacomys: Sigmodontinae, Rodentia) from the Guianan Region. MAMMALIA 2009. [DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2009.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Lecompte E, Aplin K, Denys C, Catzeflis F, Chades M, Chevret P. Phylogeny and biogeography of African Murinae based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences, with a new tribal classification of the subfamily. BMC Evol Biol 2008; 8:199. [PMID: 18616808 PMCID: PMC2490707 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2008] [Accepted: 07/10/2008] [Indexed: 04/10/2023] Open
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Background Within the subfamily Murinae, African murines represent 25% of species biodiversity, making this group ideal for detailed studies of the patterns and timing of diversification of the African endemic fauna and its relationships with Asia. Here we report the results of phylogenetic analyses of the endemic African murines through a broad sampling of murine diversity from all their distribution area, based on the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and the two nuclear gene fragments (IRBP exon 1 and GHR). Results A combined analysis of one mitochondrial and two nuclear gene sequences consistently identified and robustly supported ten primary lineages within Murinae. We propose to formalize a new tribal arrangement within the Murinae that reflects this phylogeny. The diverse African murine assemblage includes members of five of the ten tribes and clearly derives from multiple faunal exchanges between Africa and Eurasia. Molecular dating analyses using a relaxed Bayesian molecular clock put the first colonization of Africa around 11 Mya, which is consistent with the fossil record. The main period of African murine diversification occurred later following disruption of the migration route between Africa and Asia about 7–9 Mya. A second period of interchange, dating to around 5–6.5 Mya, saw the arrival in Africa of Mus (leading to the speciose endemic Nannomys), and explains the appearance of several distinctive African lineages in the late Miocene and Pliocene fossil record of Eurasia. Conclusion Our molecular survey of Murinae, which includes the most complete sampling so far of African taxa, indicates that there were at least four separate radiations within the African region, as well as several phases of dispersal between Asia and Africa during the last 12 My. We also reconstruct the phylogenetic structure of the Murinae, and propose a new classification at tribal level for this traditionally problematic group.
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- Emilie Lecompte
- UMR CNRS 5202, Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Département Systématique et Evolution, Muséum Nationald'Histoire Naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France.
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Farwick A, Jordan U, Fuellen G, Huchon D, Catzeflis F, Brosius J, Schmitz J. Automated scanning for phylogenetically informative transposed elements in rodents. Syst Biol 2007; 55:936-48. [PMID: 17345675 DOI: 10.1080/10635150601064806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Transposed elements constitute an attractive, useful source of phylogenetic markers to elucidate the evolutionary history of their hosts. Frequent and successive amplifications over evolutionary time are important requirements for utilizing their presence or absence as landmarks of evolution. Although transposed elements are well distributed in rodent taxa, the generally high degree of genomic sequence divergence among species complicates our access to presence/absence data. With this in mind we developed a novel, high-throughput computational strategy, called CPAL (Conserved Presence/Absence Locus-finder), to identify genome-wide distributed, phylogenetically informative transposed elements flanked by highly conserved regions. From a total of 232 extracted chromosomal mouse loci we randomly selected 14 of these plus 2 others from previous test screens and attempted to amplify them via PCR in representative rodent species. All loci were amplifiable and ultimately contributed 31 phylogenetically informative markers distributed throughout the major groups of Rodentia.
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- Astrid Farwick
- Institute of Experimental Pathology, ZMBE, University of Münster, Von-Esmarch-Str. 56, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Rotureau B, Catzeflis F, Carme B. Absence of leishmania in Guianan bats. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2006; 74:318-21. [PMID: 16474090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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Studying the ecology of Leishmania parasites is essential for understanding and controlling the epidemiology of the diseases they cause. Despite their abundance and diversity in neotropical forests, few studies have been conducted to investigate the potential involvement of Chiroptera in the Leishmania pathogenic complexes. However, phlebotomine sand flies are known to colonize the same anthropized habitat, are attracted to bats, and are able to transmit trypanosomatids. Thus, 216 bats representing 29 species were sampled in the field in different primary and secondary forests of French Guiana where human cutaneous leishmaniases have been reported, together with 62 non-volant mammals. A series of 411 tissue samples representing 47 mammalian species were cultured and screened for the presence of Leishmania spp. by a genus-specific polymerase chain reaction. All 278 individuals surveyed were negative. Thus, bats do not appear to be involved in the Leishmania parasitic cycles in the Guyanas.
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- Brice Rotureau
- Laboratoire Hospitalo-Universitaire de Parasitologie et Mycologie Médicale, Equipe EA 3593, Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Médecine de l'Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana
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Michaux JR, Kinet S, Filippucci MG, Libois R, Besnard A, Catzeflis F. Molecular identification of three sympatric species of wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus
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Lavergne A, Catzeflis F, Lacôte S, Barnaud A, Bordier M, Mercereau-Puijalon O, Contamin H. Genetic analysis of the Saimiri breeding colony of the Pasteur Institute (French Guiana): development of a molecular typing method using a combination of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA markers. J Med Primatol 2003; 32:330-40. [PMID: 14641788 DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0684.2003.00038.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Saimiri (Cebidae) groups a complex of species and subspecies, which present a large morphological plasticity. Genetic analysis is complicated by the absence of consensus on classification criteria and the paucity of molecular tools available for the genus. As the squirrel monkey is widely used in biomedical research, breeding centers have been established, but the genetic make up and diversity of many of the existing colonies is unknown precluding a rationale breeding policy. To develop a genetic typing strategy for the Saimiri breeding colony of Pasteur Institute of French Guiana, we have used Cytochrome b, a mitochondrial marker, and nuclear microsatellites. Cytochrome b sequences from wild-caught Saimiri boliviensis, Saimiri sciureus sciureus and S. s. collinsi reference specimens and captive animals identified 11 haplotypes, grouped into three distinct clades. An estimate of genetic variability within each captive morphotype, and of the extent of molecular divergence between the Bolivian, Guyanese and Brazilian breeds was obtained from the analysis of three nuclear microsatellites. Taxon-specific microsatellites enabled typing of F0-F3 animals, but did not differentiate Brazilian from Guyanese animals. Three locus microsatellite analysis of a representative sample from each generation showed no trend for loss of heterozygosity, and identified hybrid animals between Bolivian and the two others sub-species. These data provide novel evidence for taxonomic classification and a rationale strategy to further type the whole colony.
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- Anne Lavergne
- Centre de Primatologie, Institut Pasteur, Cayenne, Guyane Française, Université de Montpellier II, Pl. E. Bataillon, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Douady CJ, Catzeflis F, Raman J, Springer MS, Stanhope MJ. The Sahara as a vicariant agent, and the role of Miocene climatic events, in the diversification of the mammalian order Macroscelidea (elephant shrews). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:8325-30. [PMID: 12821774 PMCID: PMC166228 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0832467100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Although the Sahara is a major geographical feature of the African continent, its role in the diversification of animal species is not well understood. We present here a molecular phylogeny for members of the endemic African mammalian order Macroscelidea (elephant shrews) with molecular-clock calculations; this molecular phylogeny provides convincing evidence that the genus Elephantulus is diphyletic. Elephantulus rozeti, the only elephant shrew species that resides north of the Sahara, is the sister group of a species from a different genus (Petrodromus tetradactylus), which resides just south of the Sahara. The split between these taxa coincided with major Miocene climatic events, which triggered the cooling and aridification of midlatitude continental regions, and a shift in the Sahara from a tropical to an arid environment. Thus, the North African distribution of E. rozeti is not the result of dispersion from an eastern species of the genus, but instead the result of a vicariant event involving the formation of the Sahara. The splitting events involved with most Elephantulus species in our analysis appear to coincide with these climatic events. This coincidence suggests that the environmental consequences associated with this period played an important role in the radiation of this order of mammals. The strongly supported phylogeny provides compelling evidence for a complex history of mosaic evolution, including pronounced bradytelic morphological evolution in some lineages, accelerated morphological evolution in others, and a remarkably slow rate of evolution of the male reproductive structure.
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- Christophe J. Douady
- Biology and Biochemistry, Queen's
University of Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, United Kingdom;
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution,
Université Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier, France;
Department of Zoology, Göteborg University,
Box 463, SE 405 30, Göteborg, Sweden; and
Department of Biology, University of California,
Riverside, CA 92521
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- Biology and Biochemistry, Queen's
University of Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, United Kingdom;
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution,
Université Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier, France;
Department of Zoology, Göteborg University,
Box 463, SE 405 30, Göteborg, Sweden; and
Department of Biology, University of California,
Riverside, CA 92521
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- Biology and Biochemistry, Queen's
University of Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, United Kingdom;
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution,
Université Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier, France;
Department of Zoology, Göteborg University,
Box 463, SE 405 30, Göteborg, Sweden; and
Department of Biology, University of California,
Riverside, CA 92521
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- Biology and Biochemistry, Queen's
University of Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, United Kingdom;
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution,
Université Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier, France;
Department of Zoology, Göteborg University,
Box 463, SE 405 30, Göteborg, Sweden; and
Department of Biology, University of California,
Riverside, CA 92521
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
or
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- Biology and Biochemistry, Queen's
University of Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, United Kingdom;
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution,
Université Montpellier 2, 34095 Montpellier, France;
Department of Zoology, Göteborg University,
Box 463, SE 405 30, Göteborg, Sweden; and
Department of Biology, University of California,
Riverside, CA 92521
- To whom correspondence may be addressed. E-mail:
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Orlando L, Mauffrey JF, Cuisin J, Patton JL, Hänni C, Catzeflis F. Napoleon Bonaparte and the fate of an Amazonian rat: new data on the taxonomy of Mesomys hispidus (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2003; 27:113-20. [PMID: 12679076 DOI: 10.1016/s1055-7903(02)00372-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The spiny rat Mesomys hispidus is one of many South American rodents that lack adequate taxonomic definition. The few sampled populations of this broadly distributed trans-Amazonian arboreal rat have come from widely separated regions and are typically highly divergent. The holotype was described in 1817 by A.-G. Desmarest, after Napoleon's army brought it to Paris following the plunder of Lisbon in 1808; however, the locality of origin has remained unknown. Here we examine the taxonomic status of this species by direct comparison of 50 extant individuals with the holotype at the morphometric and genetic levels, the latter based on 331 bp of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene retrieved from a small skin fragment of the holotype with ancient DNA technology. Extensive sequence divergence is present among samples of M. hispidus collected from throughout its range, from French Guiana across Amazonia to Bolivia and Peru, with at least seven mitochondrial clades recognized (average divergence of 7.7% Kimura 2-parameter distance). Sequence from the holotype is, however, only weakly divergent from those of recent samples from French Guiana. Moreover, the holotype clusters with greater that 99% posterior probability with samples from this part of Amazonia in a discriminant analysis based on 22 cranial and dental measurements. Thus, we suggest that the holotype was originally obtained in eastern Amazonia north of the Amazon River, most likely in the Brazilian state of Amapá. Despite the high level of sequence diversity and marked morphological differences in size across the range of M. hispidus, we continue to regard this assemblage as a single species until additional samples and analyses suggest otherwise.
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- Ludovic Orlando
- CNRS UMR 5534, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon I, 16, Rue Raphaël Dubois, Bâtiment G Mendel, Villeurbanne Cedex 69622, France.
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Huchon D, Madsen O, Sibbald MJJB, Ament K, Stanhope MJ, Catzeflis F, de Jong WW, Douzery EJP. Rodent phylogeny and a timescale for the evolution of Glires: evidence from an extensive taxon sampling using three nuclear genes. Mol Biol Evol 2002; 19:1053-65. [PMID: 12082125 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 262] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Rodentia is the largest order of placental mammals, with approximately 2,050 species divided into 28 families. It is also one of the most controversial with respect to its monophyly, relationships between families, and divergence dates. Here, we have analyzed and compared the performance of three nuclear genes (von Willebrand Factor, interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein, and Alpha 2B adrenergic receptor) for a large taxonomic sampling, covering the whole rodent and placental diversity. The phylogenetic results significantly support rodent monophyly, the association of Rodentia with Lagomorpha (the Glires clade), and a Glires + Euarchonta (Primates, Dermoptera, and Scandentia) clade. The resolution of relationships among rodents is also greatly improved. The currently recognized families are divided here into seven well-defined clades (Anomaluromorpha, Castoridae, Ctenohystrica, Geomyoidea, Gliridae, Myodonta, and Sciuroidea) that can be grouped into three major clades: Ctenohystrica, Gliridae + Sciuroidea, and a mouse-related clade (Anomaluromorpha, Castoridae + Geomyoidea, and Myodonta). Molecular datings based on these three genes suggest that the rodent radiation took place at the transition between Paleocene and Eocene. The divergence between rodents and lagomorphs is placed just at the K-T boundary and the first splits among placentals in the Late Cretaceous. Our results thus tend to reconcile molecular and morphological-paleontological insights.
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- Dorothée Huchon
- Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Paléobiologie et Phylogénie-CC064, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution UMR 5554/CNRS, Université Montpellier II, Place E. Bataillon, Montpellier Cedex 05, France
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Phylogenetic relationships between 32 species of rodents representing 14 subfamilies of Muridae and four subfamilies of Dipodidae were studied using sequences of the nuclear protein-coding genes Lecithin Cholesterol Acyl Transferase (LCAT) and von Willebrand Factor (vWF). An examination of some evolutionary properties of each data matrix indicates that the two genes are rather complementary, with lower rates of nonsynonymous substitutions for LCAT. Both markers exhibit a wide range of GC3 percentages (55%-89%), with several taxa above 70% GC3 for vWF, which indicates that those exonic regions might belong to the richest class of isochores. The primary sequence data apparently harbor few saturations, except for transitions on third codon positions for vWF, as indicated by comparisons of observed and expected pairwise values of substitutions. Phylogenetic trees based on 1,962 nucleotidic sites from the two genes indicate that the 14 Muridae subfamilies are organized into five major lineages. An early isolation leads to the clade uniting the fossorial Spalacinae and semifossorial Rhizomyinae with a strong robustness. The second lineage includes a series of African taxa representing nesomyines, dendromurines, cricetomyines, and the sole living member of mystromyines. The third one comprises only the mouselike hamster CALOMYSCUS: The fourth clade represents the cricetines, myospalacines, sigmodontines, and arvicolines, whereas the fifth one comprises four "traditional" subfamilies (Gerbillinae, Murinae, Otomyinae, and Acomyinae). Within these groups, we confirm the monophyly of almost all studied subfamilies, namely, Spalacinae, Rhizomyinae, Nesomyinae, Cricetomyinae, Arvicolinae, Sigmodontinae, Cricetinae, Gerbillinae, Acomyinae, and Murinae. Finally, we present evidence that the sister group of Acomyinae is Gerbillinae, and we confirm a nested position of Myospalacinae within Cricetinae and Otomyinae within Murinae. From a biogeographical point of view, the five main lineages spread and radiated from Asia with different degrees of success: the first three groups are now represented by a limited number of species and genera localized in some regions, whereas the last two groups radiated in a large variety of species and genera dispersed all over the world.
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- J Michaux
- Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR 5554 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France.
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van Dijk MA, Madsen O, Catzeflis F, Stanhope MJ, de Jong WW, Pagel M. Protein sequence signatures support the African clade of mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:188-93. [PMID: 11114173 PMCID: PMC14566 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.98.1.188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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DNA sequence evidence supports a superordinal clade of mammals that comprises elephants, sea cows, hyraxes, aardvarks, elephant shrews, golden moles, and tenrecs, which all have their origins in Africa, and therefore are dubbed Afrotheria. Morphologically, this appears an unlikely assemblage, which challenges-by including golden moles and tenrecs-the monophyly of the order Lipotyphla (Insectivora). We here identify in three proteins unique combinations of apomorphous amino acid replacements that support this clade. The statistical support for such "sequence signatures" as unambiguous synapomorphic evidence for the naturalness of the Afrotherian clade is reported. Using likelihood, combinatorial, and Bayesian methods we show that the posterior probability of the mammalian tree containing the Afrotherian clade is effectively 1.0, based on conservative assumptions. Presenting sequence data for another African insectivore, the otter shrew Micropotamogale lamottei, we demonstrate that such signatures are diagnostic for including newly investigated species in the Afrotheria. Sequence signatures provide "protein-morphological" synapomorphies that may aid in visualizing monophyletic groupings.
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- M A van Dijk
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Mouchaty SK, Catzeflis F, Janke A, Arnason U. Molecular evidence of an African Phiomorpha-South American Caviomorpha clade and support for Hystricognathi based on the complete mitochondrial genome of the cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2001; 18:127-35. [PMID: 11161749 DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2000.0870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The complete mitochondrial genome of an African cane rat, Thryonomys swinderianus (Rodentia, Hystricognathi), was included in a phylogenetic analysis along with 4 rodents, 14 additional eutherians, and 3 noneutherian outgroups. Monophyly of the suborder Hystricognathi, represented by the cane rat and the South American guinea pig, Cavia porcellus, was strongly supported by maximum-parsimony, neighbor-joining, and maximum-likelihood methods. The molecular-based estimate of the divergence time of Old and New World Hystricognathi (approximately 85 million years before present, MYBP) is consistent with an hypothesis of vicariance divergence due to the rifting of the African and South American continents 86-100 MYBP. Monophyly of Rodentia or the superordinal clade Glires (Rodentia and Lagomorpha) were not supported.
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- S K Mouchaty
- Division of Evolutionary Molecular Systematics, Institute of Genetics, University of Lund, Sölvegatan 29, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden
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Steiner C, Sourrouille P, Catzeflis F. Molecular characterization and mitochondrial sequence variation in two sympatric species of Proechimys (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in French Guiana. BIOCHEM SYST ECOL 2000; 28:963-973. [PMID: 10996261 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-1978(00)00021-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Variations in mitochondrial DNA characters were used to characterize two morphologically similar and sympatric species of Neotropical terrestrial rodents of the genus Proechimys (Mammalia: Echimyidae). We sequenced both cytochrome b (1140pb) and part of the control region (445pb) from four individuals of P. cuvieri and five of P. cayennensis from French Guiana, which allowed us to depict intra- and inter-specific patterns of variation. The phylogenetic relationships between the nine sequences evidence the monophyly of each species, and illustrate that more polymorphism might exist within P. cuvieri than within P. cayennensis. By developing species-specific primers to amplify a fragment of the cytochrome b gene, we were able to identify 50 individuals of Proechimys spp. caught in two localities of French Guiana. In both sites of primary rainforests, we showed that the two species live in syntopy, and this observation emphasizes the need to document ecological differences which should exist in order to diminish inter-specific competition.
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- C Steiner
- Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Paléobiologie & Phylogénie, Université Montpellier 2, Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, UMR 5554 CNRS, Case Courrier 064, 34095 Montpellier, cedex, France
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Buoyant density profiles of high-molecular-weight DNAs sedimented in CsCl gradients, i.e., compositional distributions of 50- to 100-kb genomic fragments, have revealed a clear difference between the murids so far studied and most other mammals, including other rodents. Sequence analyses have revealed other, related, compositional differences between murids and nonmurids. In the present study, we obtained CsCl profiles of 17 rodent species representing 13 families. The modal buoyant densities obtained for rodents span the full range of values observed in other eutherians. More remarkably, the skewness (asymmetry, mean - modal buoyant density) of the rodent profiles extends to values well below those of other eutherians. Scatterplots of these and related CsCl profile parameters show groups of rodent families that agree largely with established rodent taxonomy, in particular with the monophyly of the Geomyoidea superfamily and the position of the Dipodidae family within the Myomorpha. In contrast, while confirming and extending previously reported differences between the profiles of Myomorpha and those of other rodents, the CsCl data question a traditional hypothesis positing Gliridae within Myomorpha, as does the recently sequenced mitochondrial genome of dormouse. Analysis of CsCl profiles is presented here as a rapid, robust method for exploring rodent and other vertebrate systematics.
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- C Douady
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Institut Jacques Monod, Tour 43, 2 Place Jussieu, Paris, F-75005, France
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Phylogenetic relationships among 40 extant species of rodents, with an emphasis on the taxonomic sampling of Muridae and Dipodidae, were studied using sequences of the nuclear protein-coding gene LCAT (lecithin cholesterol acyl transferase). Analysis of 804 bp from the exonic regions of LCAT confirmed many traditional groupings in and around Muridae. A strong support was found for the families Muridae (represented by 29 species) and Dipodidae (5 species). Compared with Sciuridae, Gliridae, and Caviomorpha, the Dipodidae family appeared the closest relative of Muridae, confirming the suprafamilial Myodonta concept. Within the speciose family Muridae, the first branching leads to the fossorial Spalacinae and semifossorial Rhyzomyinae. The remaining components of Muridae appear as a polytomy from which are issued Sigmodontinae, Calomyscinae, Arvicolinae, Cricetinae, Mystromyinae, Nesomyinae, and some Dendromurinae (Steatomys and Dendromus). This phylogeny is interpreted as the result of a bushlike radiation at the end of the early Miocene, leading to emergence of most living subfamilies. The separation between three additional taxa, Murinae, Gerbillinae, and "Acomyinae" (which comprises the genera Acomys, Deomys, Uranomys, and Lophuromys), has occurred more recently from a common ancestor issued from the main basal radiation. As previously shown by other molecular studies, the vlei rats, Otomyinae, are nested within Old World Murinae. In the same way, the zokors, Myospalacinae, appear strongly nested within the hamsters, Cricetinae. Finally, we propose a sister group relationship between Malagasy Nesomyinae and south African Mystromyinae.
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- J Michaux
- Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Université de Montpellier 2, Montpellier, 34095, France
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- M L Guillemin
- C.N.R.S.-M.N.H.N., Laboratoire d'Ecologie Générale, UMR 8571, 4, Av. du petit château, 91800 Brunoy - France.
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Van Dijk MA, Paradis E, Catzeflis F, de Jong WW. The virtues of gaps: xenarthran (Edentate) monophyly supported by a unique deletion in alpha A-crystallin. Syst Biol 1999; 48:94-106. [PMID: 12078648 DOI: 10.1080/106351599260463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022] Open
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Shared insertions or deletions (indels) in protein-coding DNA can be strong indicators of the monophyly of a taxon. A three-amino acid deletion had previously been noted in the eye lens protein alpha A-crystallin of two species of sloths and two species of anteaters, which represent the Pilosa, one of the two infraorders of Xenarthra (Edentata). This deletion has not been observed in 55 species from 16 other eutherian orders, or in 2 species of marsupials, or in 34 nonmammalian vertebrates, from birds to shark. At the genomic level, we have now detected this deletion in two species of armadillos of the second xenarthran infraorder, Cingulata, as well as in an additional species of anteater. Phylogenetic trees were constructed from a 145-bp sequence of the alpha A-crystallin gene of 39 tetrapod species, supporting xenarthran monophyly with values from 76% to 90%. To quantify the additional support for xenarthran monophyly, as given by the three-residue deletion, we computed the probabilities for the occurrence of this deletion per evolutionary time unit for alternative hypothetical tree topologies. In the estimates obtained, the six trees in which the xenarthran subgroups are unresolved or paraphyletic give an increasingly lower likelihood than do the two trees that assume xenarthran monophyly. For the monophyletic trees, the probability that the deletion observed in the xenarthrans is due to a single event is > 0.99. Thus, this deletion in alpha A-crystallin gives strong molecular support for the monophyly of this old and diverse order.
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- M A Van Dijk
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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