Diversity of the Amoebozoa and Ciliophora Groups in Non-Human Primates Kept Ex Situ and in Their Handlers in Different Institutions in Brazil
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area and Fecal Samples Collection
2.2. Microscopic Parasitological Techniques
2.3. In Vitro Protist Cultivation
2.4. Wheatley Trichrome Staining—Amoebozoa Group
2.5. Differential Interference Contrast (DIC)—Ciliophora Group
2.6. Molecular Characterization
3. Results
3.1. Microscopic Analysis and Protists’ In Vitro Isolation
3.2. Protists’ Molecular Characterization and Distribution in Brazil
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Non-Human Primates | Samples |
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Callitrichidae | |
Callithrix sp. (Erxleben, 1777) | 19 |
Callithrix aurita (Geoffroy, 1812) | 16 |
Callithrix geoffroyi (Humboldt, 1812) | 1 |
Callithrix jacchus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 7 |
Callithrix penicillata (Geoffroy, 1812) | 19 |
Cebuella pygmaea (Spix, 1823) | 2 |
Mico argentatus (Linnaeus, 1771) | 1 |
Mico chrysoleucus (Wagner, 1842) | 1 |
Mico humeralifer (Geoffroy, 1812) | 1 |
Mico mauesi (Mittermeier, Schwarz & Ayres, 1992) | 1 |
Mico melanurus (Geoffroy, 1812) | 1 |
Saguinus bicolor (Spix, 1823) | 11 |
Saguinus fuscicollis (Spix, 1823) | 1 |
Saguinus martinsi (Thomas, 1912) | 2 |
Saguinus midas (Linnaeus, 1758) | 5 |
Saguinus niger (Geoffroy, 1803) | 1 |
Saguinus ursulus (Hoffmannsegg, 1807) | 8 |
Leontocebus weddelli (Deville, 1849) | 11 |
Leontopithecus sp. (Lesson 1820) | 1 |
Leontopithecus chrysomelas (Kuhl, 1820) | 99 |
Leontopithecus chrysopygus (Mikan, 1823) | 4 |
Leontopithecus rosalia (Linnaeus, 1766) | 9 |
Callimico goeldii (Thomas, 1904) | 4 |
Aotidae | |
Aotus sp. (Illiger, 1811) | 2 |
Aotus infulatus (Kuhl, 1820) | 48 |
Aotus nigriceps (Dollman, 1909) | 1 |
Aotus trivirgatus (Humboldt, 1811) | 3 |
Cebidae | |
Cebus albifrons (Humboldt, 1812) | 3 |
Cebus kaapori (Queiroz, 1992) | 1 |
Cebus olivaceus (Schomburgk, 1848) | 5 |
Sapajus sp. (Kerr, 1792) | 2 |
Sapajus apella (Linnaeus, 1758) | 22 |
Sapajus libidinosus (Spix, 1823) | 15 |
Sapajus nigritus (Goldfuss, 1809) | 2 |
Sapajus xanthosternos (Wied-Neuwied, 1826) | 12 |
Sapajus robustus (Kuhl, 1820) | 3 |
Saimiri boliviensis (Geoffroy & Blainville, 1834) | 1 |
Saimiri collinsi (Osgood, 1916) | 30 |
Pitheciidae | |
Callicebus melanochir (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) | 1 |
Plecturocebus caquetensis (Defler, Bueno & García, 2010) | 1 |
Plecturocebus hoffmannsi (Thomas, 1908) and Cheracebus purinus (Thomas, 1927) | 2 |
Plecturocebus dubius (Hershkovitz, 1988) | 1 |
Plecturocebus vieirai (Gualda-Barros, Nascimento & Amaral, 2012) | 4 |
Pithecia mittermeieri (Marsh, 2014) | 1 |
Pithecia monachus (Geoffroy, 1812) | 1 |
Chiropotes satanas (Hoffmannsegg, 1807) | 1 |
Chiropotes utahickae (Hershkovitz, 1985) | 1 |
Cacajao melanocephalus (Humboldt, 1812) | 1 |
Atelidae | |
Alouatta sp. (Lacepede, 1799) | 20 |
Alouatta caraya (Humboldt, 1812) | 28 |
Alouatta discolor (Spix, 1823) | 1 |
Alouatta guariba (Humboldt, 1812) | 33 |
Ateles chamek (Humboldt, 1812) | 3 |
Ateles paniscus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 2 |
Ateles marginatus (Geoffroy, 1809) | 7 |
Brachyteles arachnoides (Geoffroy, 1806) | 1 |
Cercopithecidae | |
Mandrillus sphinx (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1 |
Papio hamadryas (Linnaeus, 1758) | 4 |
Chlorocebus aethiops (Linnaeus, 1758) | 11 |
Hominidae | |
Pan troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) | 8 |
Lemuridae | |
Lemur catta (Linnaeus, 1758) | 3 |
Host | Positive Samples for Amoebozoa Subjected to Isolation | Positive Samples for Ciliophora Subjected to Isolation | Molecular Identification | NI ** | ||||||||
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Feces | In Vitro Cultivation | Feces | In Vitro Cultivation | |||||||||
E. dispar | E. histolytica | E. hartmanni | E. coli | Iodamoeba sp. | E. nana | Iodamoeba sp. | B. coli | B. coli | ||||
Callitrichidae | ||||||||||||
Callithrix penicillata | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Callithrix jacchus | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Callithrix humeralifer and Leontopithecus chrysomelas | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Hybrid C. jacchus × C. penicillata | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Leontopithecus chrysomelas | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Saguinus bicolor | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Saguinus ursulus | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Saguinus midas and Callicebus sp.* | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Leontocebus weddelli | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Callimico goeldii | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Aotidae | ||||||||||||
Aotus trivirgatus | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Aotus infulatus * | 12 | - | 8 | - | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
Cebidae | ||||||||||||
Saimiri collinsi | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Cebus olivaceus | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Sapajus libidinosus * | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
Sapajus xanthosternos | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Sapajus apella, Sapajus libidinosus and Cebus albifrons | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pitheciidae | - | |||||||||||
Pithecia mittermeieri | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cheracebus purinus and Plecturocebus hoffmannsi | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Atelidae | ||||||||||||
Alouatta caraya * | 7 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 |
Alouatta guariba * | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Cercopithecidae | ||||||||||||
Chlorocebus aethiops * | 7 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 2 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Hominidae | ||||||||||||
Pan troglodytes * | 6 | 1 | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Homo sapiens | 12 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
Total | 73 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 22 |
Sequences | This Study | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. dispar (A. caraya) | E. dispar handler | E. hartmanni (C. aethiops) | E. hartmanni handler | E. coli (A. infulatus) | E. coli handler | E. histolytica (A. guariba) | B. coli A0 (P. troglodytes) | B. coli B0 (C. jacchus × C. penicillata) | |
E. dispar handler (this study) | 100% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
E. dispar human (KP722600) | 100% | 100% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
E. dispar—Macaca mulatta (Zimmermann, 1780) (AB282661) | 100% | 100% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
E. hartmanni handler (this study) | - | - | 97.66% | - | - | - | - | - | - |
E. hartmanni human (MG925066) | - | - | 97.71% | 100% | - | - | - | - | - |
E. hartmanni—Macaca fascicularis (PP490721) | - | - | 96.65% | 100% | - | - | - | - | - |
E. coli handler (this study) | - | - | - | - | 86.38% | - | - | - | - |
E. coli human (MG925062) | - | - | - | - | 86.38% | 99.63% | - | - | - |
E. coli—Gorilla gorilla (Savage, 1847) (AB444953) | - | - | - | - | 98.02% | 85.29% | - | - | - |
E. histolytica human (KP233840) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100% | - | - |
E. histolytica—Macaca fascicularis (GQ423749) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100% | - | - |
B. coli variant A0—human (JF444758) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 99.74% | 92.73% |
B coli variant A1—Gorilla gorilla (JF444760) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 98.18% | 93.07% |
B coli variant B1—Gorilla gorilla (JF444761) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 91.88% | 99.08% |
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Dib, L.; da Silva, B.; Correa, L.; Pissinatti, A.; Moreira, S.; Tavares, M.C.; Teixeira, R.; da Costa, A.L.; Muniz, J.A.; Junglos, A.; et al. Diversity of the Amoebozoa and Ciliophora Groups in Non-Human Primates Kept Ex Situ and in Their Handlers in Different Institutions in Brazil. Pathogens 2025, 14, 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14010056
Dib L, da Silva B, Correa L, Pissinatti A, Moreira S, Tavares MC, Teixeira R, da Costa AL, Muniz JA, Junglos A, et al. Diversity of the Amoebozoa and Ciliophora Groups in Non-Human Primates Kept Ex Situ and in Their Handlers in Different Institutions in Brazil. Pathogens. 2025; 14(1):56. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14010056
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