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Wang Y, Tao XL, Fang Y, Fang WX, Shao HF, Zhan YJ, Li XM, Hu TT, Ye CJ, Liu F, Sun ET. A rapid identification method for common astigmatid species based on multiplex polymerase chain reaction. Vet Res Forum 2022; 13:587-591. [PMID: 36686860 PMCID: PMC9840793 DOI: 10.30466/vrf.2021.135877.3046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
Astigmatid mites are economically significant pests of stored products and sources of inhalant allergens causing allergic rhinitis and asthma worldwide. The morphological identification of astigmatid mites at the species level is often a difficult task due to their small size, phenotypic similarity and lack of diagnostic characters. We used multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to identify astigmatid mite species, which could complement the morphological data for the species-specific identification of mites. Internal ribosomal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences (i.e., partial 18S, the full length of ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 and partial 28S) from eight astigmatid species (Acarus siro, Tyrophagus putrescentiae, Suidasia nesbitti, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Dermatophagoides farinae, Lepidoglyphus destructor, Chortoglyphus arcuatus and Gohieria fuscus) were obtained by DNA extraction and then sequenced after PCR amplification. Specific primers were designed in the ITS2 region manually. Results revealed that an identification method for eight common astigmatid species was established based on multiplex PCR, which should be effective for the identification of other species of mites by redesigning species-specific primers in future experiments.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yan Wang
- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, Faculty of Medicine, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China., Yan Wang and Xiang-Lin Tao were the co-first authors who contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, Faculty of Medicine, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China., Yan Wang and Xiang-Lin Tao were the co-first authors who contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, Faculty of Medicine, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, Faculty of Medicine, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, Faculty of Medicine, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, Faculty of Medicine, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, Faculty of Medicine, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, Faculty of Medicine, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, Faculty of Medicine, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, Faculty of Medicine, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.
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- Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, Faculty of Medicine, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China.,Correspondence En-Tao Sun. PhD Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, Faculty of Medicine, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China E-mail: Fei Liu. PhD Department of Health Inspection and Quarantine, Faculty of Medicine, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China E-mail:
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