Jaenimonas drosophilae

Jaenimonas drosophilae is a trypanosomatid parasite of mushroom-feeding flies, first characterized in Drosophila neotestacea and Drosophila falleni. Jaenimonas takes up residence in the gut of the fly, and infection leads to reduced fecundity of its fly host.[1] The species is named for John Jaenike, a prominent ecologist and evolutionary biologist whose work on mushroom-feeding flies laid the foundation for studies on mycophagous Drosophila.[2][3][4]

Trypanosomes
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Excavata
Phylum:
Euglenozoa
Class:
Kinetoplastea
Subclass:
Metakinetoplastina
Order:
Trypanosomatida

Kent 1880
Family:
Trypanosomatidae

Doflein 1901
Genus:
Jaenimonas
Species:
drosophilae
Binomial name
Jaenimonas drosophilae
Hamilton et al. (2015)[1]

Of note, Jaenimonas is the only identified trypanosomatid parasite of a Drosophila species, and can facilitate study of insect-trypanosome infection dynamics; Drosophila have powerful genetic tools, and many trypanosomes are vectored by insects and are responsible for diseases such as African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, and Leishmaniasis. Additionally, Crithidia trypanosomes are important parasites of Bumblebees implicated in colony collapse disorder.[5]

References
  1. Hamilton; et al. (2015). Keith Gull (ed.). "Infection Dynamics and Immune Response in a Newly Described Drosophila-Trypanosomatid Association". American Society for Microbiology. 6 (5): e01356-15. doi:10.1128/mBio.01356-15. PMC 4600116. PMID 26374124.
  2. "FlyTree - John Jaenike Family Tree". academictree.org. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  3. "John Jaenike". Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  4. Jaenike, J. (September 1978). "Resource Predictability and Niche Breadth in the Drosophila quinaria Species Group" (PDF). Evolution. Society for the Study of Evolution. 32 (3): 676–678. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1978.tb04613.x. JSTOR 2407734. PMID 28567956. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  5. Watanabe, Myrna E. (2008). "Colony Collapse Disorder: Many Suspects, No Smoking Gun". BioScience. 58 (5): 384–388. doi:10.1641/b580503. JSTOR 10.1641/b580503.
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