Blastocystis subtypes

Deng, Lei, Yao, Jing-Xin, Liu, Hai-Feng, Zhou, Zi-Yao, Chai, Yi-Jun, Wang, Wu-You, Zhong, Zhi-Jun, Deng, Jun-Liang, Ren, Zhi-Hua, Fu, Hua-Lin, Yan, Xia, Yue, Chan-Juan & Peng, Guang-Neng, 2019, First report of Blastocystis in giant pandas, red pandas, and various bird species in Sichuan province, southwestern China, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 9, pp. 298-304 : 301

3.3. Genetic characteristics of Blastocystis subtypes

A total of 7 representative sequences were obtained from 19 Blastocystis isolates in the present study. Among them, ST1 (n = 7) and ST8 (n = 7) have been described previously: ST1 was identical to that of Blastocystis in non-human primates found in the Philippines (KY929112), and ST8 showed 100% similarity to that of Blastocystis reported in a human in Spain (MG807921). The remaining 5 novel ST1 sequences matched 17 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for KY929112. The genetic diversity in the barcode region of the SSU rRNA gene from the five ST1 novel isolates is presented in Table 3.