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. 2016 Mar;40(1):116-23.
doi: 10.1007/s12639-014-0459-x. Epub 2014 Apr 18.

Helminth-bacteria interaction in the gut of domestic pigeon Columba livia domestica

Debraj Biswal  1 , Anadi Prasad Nandi  1 , Soumendranath Chatterjee  1
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Helminth-bacteria interaction in the gut of domestic pigeon Columba livia domestica

Debraj Biswal et al. J Parasit Dis. 2016 Mar.

Abstract

The present paper is an attempt to study the interaction between the helminth parasite and bacteria residing in the gut of domestic pigeon, Columba livia domestica. Biochemical and molecular characterization of the gut bacterial isolate were done and the isolate was identified as Staphylococcus sp. DB1 (JX442510). The interaction of Staphylococcus sp. with Cotugnia cuneata, an intestinal helminth parasite of domestic pigeon was studied on the basis of the difference between 'mean worm burden' of antibiotic treated infected pigeons and infected pigeons without any antibiotic treatment. The ANOVA and Tukey tests of the data obtained showed that antibiotic treatment reduced the mean worm burden significantly. The biochemical properties of Staphylococcus sp. DB1 (JX442510) also showed a mutualistic relationship with the physiology of C. cuneata.

Keywords: Antibiotic treatment; Cotugnia cuneata; Mean worm burden; Mutualistic relationship; Staphylococcus sp..

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Scanning electron micrograph of Staphylococcus sp. DB1 (JX442510). a 8000×, b 20,000×
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Neighbour-joining tree constructed on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequences of Staphylococcus sp. DB1 (JX442510) along with 16S rRNA genes of other bacteria retrieved from NCBI database
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Nucleotide composition of 16S rRNA gene sequence of Staphylococcus sp. DB1 (JX442510)
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Mean worm burden of control and antibiotic treated domestic pigeons
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