Kinetoplastid protists offer a unique opportunity for studying the evolution of parasitism.
While all their close relatives are either photo-or phagotrophic, a number of kinetoplastid …

Parasitic trypanosomatids diverged from free-living kinetoplastid ancestors several hundred
million years ago. These parasites are relatively well known, due in part to several unusual …

The trypanosomatid Angomonas deanei is a model to study endosymbiosis. Each cell
contains a single β-proteobacterial endosymbiont that divides at a defined point in the host …

Leishmaniasis, a human parasitic disease with manifestations ranging from cutaneous
ulcerations to fatal visceral infection, is caused by several Leishmania species. These …

Compared to their relatives, the diversity of endosymbiont-containing Trypanosomatidae
remains under-investigated, with only two new species described in the past 25 years …

Many high-quality genomes are available for dixenous (two hosts) trypanosomatid species
of the genera Trypanosoma, Leishmania, and Phytomonas, but only fragmentary information …

To further investigate the diversity of Trypanosomatidae we have examined the species
present within the flea (Siphonaptera) population in the Czech Republic. Out of 1549 fleas …

Background Trypanosoma rangeli is a hemoflagellate protozoan parasite infecting humans
and other wild and domestic mammals across Central and South America. It does not cause …

We describe a novel symbiotic association between a kinetoplastid protist, Novymonas
esmeraldas gen. nov., sp. nov., and an intracytoplasmic bacterium,“Candidatus Pandoraea …

Since 2006, honey bee colonies in North America and Europe have experienced increased
annual mortality. These losses correlate with increased pathogen incidence and …