

@article {11723,
	title = {{Phylogenetic identification of Sparganum proliferum as a pseudophyllidean cestode by the sequence analyses on mitochondrial COI and nuclear sdhB genes.}},
	journal = {Parasitology International},
	volume = {50},
	number = {2},
	year = {2001},
	pages = {93{\textendash}104},
	abstract = {Sparganum proliferum is a larval cestode for which the adult stage is unknown. It is characterized by the continuous branching and budding when parasitized to humans, and causes fatal human sparganosis. However, the biological features of S. proliferum, including its taxonomic status, still remain obscure. Our previous investigation suggested that S. proliferum might be phylogenetically distinct from Spirometra erinaceieuropaei, by the analysis on mitochondrial {\{}NADH{\}} dehydrogenase subunit 3 {\{}(ND3){\}} gene. However, mitochondrial {\{}DNA{\}} sequence in Platyhelminth is known to have heteroplasmy within a species. Therefore, in the present study, we have investigated the complete nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I {\{}(COI){\}} gene and the partial nucleotide sequences of nuclear coded succinate dehydrogenase iron-sulfur protein subunit gene {\{}(sdhB).{\}} The results clearly demonstrated that S. proliferum is a distinct species from S. erinaceieuropaei, and that S. proliferum belongs to the order Pseudophyllidea.},
	issn = {1383-5769},
	doi = {10.1016/S1383-5769(01)00071-X},
	author = {Miyadera, H and Kokaze, A and Kuramochi, T and Kita, K and Machinami, R and Noya, O and de Noya, Alarc{\'o}n B and Okamoto, M and Kojima, S}
}
