Distribution and molecular phylogeny of biliary trematodes (Opisthorchiidae) infecting native Lutra lutra and alien Neovison vison across Europe.

The recent identification of Pseudamphistomum truncatum, (Rudolphi, 1819) (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae) and Metorchis bilis (Braun, 1790) Odening, 1962 (synonymous with Metorchis albidus (Braun, 1893) Loos, 1899 and Metorchis crassiusculus (Rudolphi, 1809) Looss, 1899 (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae)) in otters from Britain caused concern because of associated biliary damage, coupled with speculation over their alien status. Here, we investigate the presence, intensity and phylogeny of these trematodes in mustelids (principally otters) across Europe (Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Poland and Sweden and Britain). The trematodes were identified to species using the internal transcribed spacer II (ITS2) locus. Both parasites were found across Europe but at unequal frequency. In the German state of Saxony, eight out of eleven (73%) otters examined were infected with P. truncatum whilst this parasite was not found in either mink from Scotland (n=40) or otters from Norway (n=21). Differences in the phylogenies between the two species suggest divergent demographic histories possibly reflecting contrasting host diet or competitive exclusion, with M. bilis exhibiting greater mitochondrial diversity than P. truncatum. Shared haplotypes within the ranges of both parasite species probably reflect relatively unrestricted movements (both natural and anthropogenic) of intermediate and definitive hosts across Europe.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Parasitology international

• Publication date

  2016-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.parint.2015.11.007PMID 26620805
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• R: A language and environment for statistical computing.

  2014cited by this paper
• Climatic variables are associated with the prevalence of biliary trematodes in otters.

  2013cited by this paper
• Opisthorchis felineus and Metorchis bilis are the main agents of liver fluke infection of humans in Russia.

  2012cited by this paper
• The second transcribed spacer rDNA sequence: an effective genetic marker for inter-species phylogenetic analysis of trematodes in the order Strigeata

  2012cited by this paper
• MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

  2012cited by this paper
• Primer-BLAST: A tool to design target-specific primers for polymerase chain reaction

  2012cited by this paper
• Guided tree topology proposals for Bayesian phylogenetic inference.

  2012cited by this paper
• Behavioral responses of Poecilia vivipara (Osteichthyies: Cyprinodontiformes) to experimental infections of Acanthocollaritrema umbilicatum (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae).

  2011cited by this paper
• Trematode families and genera: have we found them all?

  2011cited by this paper
• Biliary parasite Pseudamphistomum truncatum (Opistorchiidae) in American mink (Mustela vison) and Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in Ireland

  2010cited by this paper
• First polymorphic microsatellites for the gyrodactylids (Monogenea), an important group of fish pathogens

  2010cited by this paper
• Parasites, emerging disease and wildlife conservation.

  2010cited by this paper
• Opisthorchiidosis--a review.

  2010cited by this paper
• Prevalence, distribution and pathological significance of the bile fluke Pseudamphistomum truncatum in Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) in Great Britain

  2009cited by this paper
• DnaSP v5: a software for comprehensive analysis of DNA polymorphism data

  2009cited by this paper
• Distribution of Eurasian otter biliary parasites, Pseudamphistomum truncatum and Metorchis albidus (Family Opisthorchiidae), in England and Wales

  2009cited by this paper
• PCR diagnosis of infections with different species of Opisthorchiidae using a rapid clean-up procedure for stool samples and specific primers

  2007cited by this paper
• Introduction pathways and establishment rates of invasive aquatic species in Europe

  2005cited by this paper
• Phylogeography of a nematode (Heligmosomoides polygyrus) in the western Palearctic region: persistence of northern cryptic populations during ice ages?

  2005cited by this paper
• Cholecystitis in otters (Lutra lutra) and mink (Mustela vison) caused by the fluke Pseudamphistomum truncatum

  2005cited by this paper
• A newly-identified lineage of Schistosoma.

  2003cited by this paper
• Parasites and marine invasions

  2002cited by this paper
• Feeding habits of the otter and the American mink in Białowieża Primeval Forest (Poland) compared to other Eurasian populations

  2001cited by this paper
• Trematodes of the family Opisthorchiidae: a minireview.

  2001cited by this paper
• The Diversity of Parasites

  2000cited by this paper
• TCS: a computer program to estimate gene genealogies

  2000cited by this paper
• The functional importance of parasites in animal communities: many roles at many levels?

  1999cited by this paper
• Health status of otters (Lutra lutra) in south-west England based on postmortem findings

  1997cited by this paper
• Altered Behavior of Parasitized Killifish Increases Susceptibility to Predation by Bird Final Hosts

  1996cited by this paper
• Patterns of macroparasite abundance and aggregation in wildlife populations: a quantitative review

  1995cited by this paper
• The parasites of Anolis lizards in the northern Lesser Antilles

  1992cited by this paper
• Spatial structure and chaos in insect population dynamics

  1991cited by this paper
• Synopsis of digenetic trematodes of vertebrates

  1973cited by this paper
• Synopsis of digenetic trematodes of vertebrates. Vols I and II.

  1971cited by this paper
• Parasites

  1965cited by this paper
• A Reference List of the Trematode Parasites of British Mammals

  1923cited by this paper
• A Reference List of the Trematode Parasites of British Birds

  1923cited by this paper

• Morphological and molecular assessment of muscle metacercariae infecting tench Tinca tinca from fish farms and wild populations in Germany

  2025influential citation
• Endoparasites in Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus) By-Caught in Latvian Commercial Coastal Fishery

  2024cites this paper
• The genetic structure of populations of Isthmiophora melis (Schrank, 1788) (Digenea: Echinostomatidae). Does the host’s diet matter?

  2023cites this paper
• Back from Exile? First Records of Chewing Lice (Lutridia exilis; Ischnocera; Mallophaga) in Growing Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) Populations from Northern Germany

  2023cites this paper
• Health and Mortality Monitoring in Threatened Mammals: A First Post Mortem Study of Otters (Lutra lutra L.) in Italy

  2022cites this paper
• Iberian Distribution of the Freshwater Snail Genus Bithynia Leach, 1818 (Mollusca: Truncatelloidea), Vector of Opisthorchiasis and Metorchiasis

  2021cites this paper
• Systematic examination of the cardiopulmonary, urogenital, muscular and gastrointestinal parasites of the Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) in Denmark, a protected species recovering from a dramatic decline.

  2021cites this paper
• Trematoda : Opisthorchiidae ) from Ecuador and phylogenetic implications

  2019cites this paper
• Characterization of the mitochondrial genome sequences of the liver fluke Amphimerus sp. (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae) from Ecuador and phylogenetic implications.

  2019cites this paper
• Helminths of Mustelids with Overlapping Ecological Niches: Eurasian Otter Lutra Lutra (Linnaeus, 1758), American Mink Neovison Vison Schreber, 1777, and European Polecat Mustela Putorius Linnaeus, 1758

  2019cites this paper
• Life cycle, morphology of developmental stages of Metorchis ussuriensis sp. nov. (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae), and phylogenetic relationships with other opisthorchiids

  2019cites this paper
• Chromosome morphometry in opisthorchiid species (Platyhelminthes, Trematoda).

  2017cites this paper
• Integrative taxonomy of European parasitic flatworms of the genus Metorchis Looss, 1899 (Trematoda: Opisthorchiidae).

  2016cites this paper