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40th Coccidosis Conference and Workshop
“Taxonomy (α and β) and Systematics
of the Coccidia”
John R. Barta and R. Scott Seville
University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
University of Wyoming, WY, USA
Goals of the Conference
Overview of Coccidia from various host groups
Working with coccidia from different hosts
Identifying common issues related to:
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collection and preserving specimens
archiving type specimens and other materials
‘sufficient’ species descriptions, type material
“What is a species?”
generating phylogenetic hypotheses
Open discussion
Speakers
Coccidia from Mammals – R. Scott Seville
Coccidia from Amphibia – Matthew Bolek
Coccidia from Snakes – Steve Upton
Coccida from Birds – John R. Barta
Role of Molecular Markers - Kate Miska
- Dagmara Motriuk-Smith
Discussion – Some of the Bigger Issues
Future of the ‘Coccidia of the World’ Database and Website
NSF-PEET program? Some sort of TaxWiki?
Who will run this essential archive?
Tools for α-taxonomy (and really β-taxonomy) of coccidia
“What is a species?”
‘sufficient’ species descriptions, type material
molecular characterizations – what target(s)?
archiving type specimens and other materials
All need to be address to assist in generating
phylogenetic hypotheses that will last….
BarCoding of Coccidia?
www.barcodeoflife.org
http://www.barcodinglife.org
based on mitochondrial
cytochrome oxidase gene
widely used to examine strain
variation in the haemsporid
apicomplexans (Plasmodium
spp. and their relatives)
better primer sets required for
coccidia
Canadian Centre for DNA
Barcoding expects throughput of
500,000 samples/year shortly
Hajibabaei, Mehrdad et al. (2006) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 968-971
Acknowledgements
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Donald W. Duszynski, Steve J. Upton and Lee Couch
for their ongoing contribution to the study of coccidia
through the Coccidia of the World database
ASP for hosting this meeting
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