Biochemical characterisation of flagellates isolated from fruits and seeds from Brazil

Seven flagellates of the family Trypanosomatidae have been isolated from different fruits and seeds from Brazil, three from tomato fruit (Lycopersicum esculentum), one from urucum fruit (Bixa orellana), two from maize kernels (Zea mays) and one from bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). These isolates were cha...

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Published in:FEMS microbiology letters 1999-01, Vol.170 (2), p.343-348
Main Authors: Fernandez-Ramos, C, Luque, F, Fernandez-Becerra, C, Osuna, A, Jankevicius, S.I, Jankevicius, J.V, Rosales, M.J, Sanchez-Moreno, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
1H‐NMR spectroscopy
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Bixa orellana
Corn
Flagellates
Fruits
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Insects
Isoenzyme
Isoenzymes
Lycopersicon esculentum
Microbial ecology
Microbiology
Microflora of plants
Phaseolus vulgaris
Phylogeny
Phytomonas
Seeds
Solanum lycopersicum var. lycopersicum
Tomatoes
Trypanosomatid, lower
Trypanosomatidae
Zea mays
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Summary:Seven flagellates of the family Trypanosomatidae have been isolated from different fruits and seeds from Brazil, three from tomato fruit (Lycopersicum esculentum), one from urucum fruit (Bixa orellana), two from maize kernels (Zea mays) and one from bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). These isolates were characterised by isoenzymatic analysis, using nine enzymatic systems and the isoenzymatic profiles were compared with those obtained from different flagellates already described as belonging to the genera Phytomonas, Herpetomonas and Crithidia. Most of the isoenzymes were able to distinguish the new plant isolates from insect trypanosomatids (Herpetomonas and Crithidia). Six of the isolates could be ascribed to the genus Phyomonas, five of them being phylogenetically closely related to Phytomonas serpens. The new isolates excreted the same metabolic end-products into the external medium and only small quantitative differences were found among the different isolates.
ISSN:0378-1097
1574-6968
DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb13393.x