AUTHOR=Xu Ming , Hu Yang , Qiu Hongyu , Wang Jingyuan , Jiang Jiafu 

TITLE=Colpodella sp. (Phylum Apicomplexa) Identified in Horses Shed Light on Its Potential Transmission and Zoonotic Pathogenicity

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.857752

DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2022.857752

ISSN=1664-302X

ABSTRACT=Colpodella species which mainly feed on protists and algae are free-living close relatives of apicomplexans and have been recently reported to cause red blood cell infection in an immunocompromised human host and in a tick-borne human infection resulting in neurological symptoms. Our molecular examination of piroplasmosis infecting horses in China, identified the nearly whole 18S rRNA gene sequences that are closely related to Colpodella sp. ATCC 50594 isolated from brown woodland soil at Gambrill State Park, shedding light on its potential across transmission and zoonotic pathogenicity.