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EXPLORING THE ENVIRONMENTAL DIVERSITY OF KINETOPLASTID FLAGELLATES IN THE HIGH-THROUGHPUT DNA SEQUENCING ERA
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Estudos Integrados em Protozoologia. Coleção de Protozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Estudos Integrados em Protozoologia. Coleção de Protozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Ostrava. Life Science Research Centre. Ostrava, Czech Republic / Russian Academy of Sciences. Zoological Institute. Laboratory of Molecular Systematics. St Petersburg, Russia.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Estudos Integrados em Protozoologia. Coleção de Protozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Estudos Integrados em Protozoologia. Coleção de Protozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes. Departamento de Ecologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Ostrava. Life Science Research Centre. Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Sorbonne Universités. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Unité Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Microorganisme. Unités Mixte de Recherche 7245. Paris, France.
Czech Academy of Sciences. Institute of Parasitology. Biology Centre. České Budejovice, Czech Republic / Charles University. Faculty of Science., Department of Parasitology. Prague, Czech Republic.
University of Ostrava. Life Science Research Centre. Ostrava, Czech Republic / Czech Academy of Sciences. Institute of Parasitology. Biology Centre. České Budejovice, Czech Republic.
Sorbonne Universités. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Unité Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Microorganisme. Unités Mixte de Recherche 7245. Paris, France.
Czech Academy of Sciences. Institute of Parasitology. Biology Centre. České Budejovice, Czech Republic / University of South Bohemia. Faculty of Sciences. České Budejovice, Czech Republic / Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. Toronto, Canada.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Estudos Integrados em Protozoologia. Coleção de Protozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Ostrava. Life Science Research Centre. Ostrava, Czech Republic / Russian Academy of Sciences. Zoological Institute. Laboratory of Molecular Systematics. St Petersburg, Russia.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Estudos Integrados em Protozoologia. Coleção de Protozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Estudos Integrados em Protozoologia. Coleção de Protozoários. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcântara Gomes. Departamento de Ecologia. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Ostrava. Life Science Research Centre. Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Sorbonne Universités. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Unité Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Microorganisme. Unités Mixte de Recherche 7245. Paris, France.
Czech Academy of Sciences. Institute of Parasitology. Biology Centre. České Budejovice, Czech Republic / Charles University. Faculty of Science., Department of Parasitology. Prague, Czech Republic.
University of Ostrava. Life Science Research Centre. Ostrava, Czech Republic / Czech Academy of Sciences. Institute of Parasitology. Biology Centre. České Budejovice, Czech Republic.
Sorbonne Universités. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Unité Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Microorganisme. Unités Mixte de Recherche 7245. Paris, France.
Czech Academy of Sciences. Institute of Parasitology. Biology Centre. České Budejovice, Czech Republic / University of South Bohemia. Faculty of Sciences. České Budejovice, Czech Republic / Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. Toronto, Canada.
Abstract
The class Kinetoplastea encompasses both free-living and parasitic species from a wide range of hosts. Several
representatives of this group are responsible for severe human diseases and for economic losses in agriculture and
livestock. While this group encompasses over 30 genera, most of the available information has been derived from
the vertebrate pathogenic genera Leishmania and Trypanosoma. Recent studies of the previously neglected groups
of Kinetoplastea indicated that the actual diversity is much higher than previously thought. This article discusses the
known segment of kinetoplastid diversity and how gene-directed Sanger sequencing and next-generation sequencing
methods can help to deepen our knowledge of these interesting protists.
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