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Nor Hawani Salikin
Characterisation of a novel antinematode agent produced by the marine epiphytic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas tunicata and its impact on Caenorhabditis elegans Nor Hawani Salikin A thesis in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences Faculty of Science August 2020 Thesis/Dissertation Sheet Surname/Family Name : Salikin Given Name/s : Nor Hawani Abbreviation for degree as give in the University : Ph.D. calendar Faculty : UNSW Faculty of Science School : School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences Characterisation of a novel antinematode agent produced Thesis Title : by the marine epiphytic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas tunicata and its impact on Caenorhabditis elegans Abstract 350 words maximum: (PLEASE TYPE) Drug resistance among parasitic nematodes has resulted in an urgent need for the development of new therapies. However, the high re-discovery rate of antinematode compounds from terrestrial environments necessitates a new repository for future drug research. Marine epiphytic bacteria are hypothesised to produce nematicidal compounds as a defence against bacterivorous predators, thus representing a promising, yet underexplored source for antinematode drug discovery. The marine epiphytic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas tunicata is known to produce a number of bioactive compounds. Screening genomic libraries of P. tunicata against the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans identified a clone (HG8) showing fast-killing activity. However, the molecular, chemical and biological properties of HG8 remain undetermined. A novel Nematode killing protein-1 (Nkp-1) encoded by an uncharacterised gene of HG8 annotated as hp1 was successfully discovered through this project. The Nkp-1 toxicity appears to be nematode-specific, with the protein being highly toxic to nematode larvae but having no impact on nematode eggs. -
Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda
Wilfrid Laurier University Scholars Commons @ Laurier Biology Faculty Publications Biology 2016 ZOOTAXA: Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda Hisao P. Arai Pacific Biological Station John W. Smith Wilfrid Laurier University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.wlu.ca/biol_faculty Part of the Biology Commons, and the Marine Biology Commons Recommended Citation Arai, Hisao P., and John W. Smith. Zootaxa: Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda. Magnolia Press, 2016. This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Biology at Scholars Commons @ Laurier. It has been accepted for inclusion in Biology Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of Scholars Commons @ Laurier. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Zootaxa 4185 (1): 001–274 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Monograph ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2016 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4185.1.1 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0D054EDD-9CDC-4D16-A8B2-F1EBBDAD6E09 ZOOTAXA 4185 Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda HISAO P. ARAI3, 5 & JOHN W. SMITH4 3Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, British Columbia V9R 5K6 4Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5. E-mail: [email protected] 5Deceased Magnolia Press Auckland, New Zealand Accepted by K. DAVIES (Initially edited by M.D.B. BURT & D.F. McALPINE): 5 Apr. 2016; published: 8 Nov. 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 HISAO P. ARAI & JOHN W. -
SOME STUDIES on CAPILLARIA PHILIPINENSIS and ITS MYSTERIOUS TRIP from PHILIPPINES to EGYPT (REVIEW ARTICLE) by REFAAT M.A
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, Vol.44, No.1, April 2014 J. Egypt. Soc. Parasitol. (JESP), 44(1), 2014: 161 - 171 SOME STUDIES ON CAPILLARIA PHILIPINENSIS AND ITS MYSTERIOUS TRIP FROM PHILIPPINES TO EGYPT (REVIEW ARTICLE) By REFAAT M.A. KHALIFA AND RAGAA A. OTHMAN Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University (e-mail correspondence: [email protected]) Abstract Capillaria philippinensis is a mysterious parasite and intestinal capillariasis is a mysterious disease. It is now more than half a century since the discovery of the first case in Philippines without answering many questions concerning the parasite's taxonomy, morphology, life cycle, diagnosis, pathology, clinical symptoms, mode of transmission as well as how it was transported to Egypt and how it started to spread and progressed in most Egyptian Governorates; particularly those of Middle Egypt. This article is a trial to overview all these aspects of the parasite. Key words: Egypt, Capillaria philipinensism, Egypt, comments, recommendations. Introduction with sporadic cases were reported from The intestinal capillariasis caused by Japan (Mukai et al,1983), Korea(Lee et Capillaria philippinensisis a life-threa- al,1993; Hong et al,1994), Taiwan(Chen et tening disease in humans that causes severe al, 1989, Bair et al,2004, Lu et al,2006), enteropathy (Cross, 1998).The outcome of India Kang et al,1994;Vasantha et al, 2012), the disease may be fatal if untreated in due Iran (Hoghooghi-Rad et al,1987; Rokni, time (Abd-ElSalam et al, 2012). Small 2008), Egypt (Youssef et al,1989; Mansour freshwater and brackish-water fish are the et al,1990, Khalifa et al,2000), Indonesian in source of infection and probably fish-eating Italy(Chichino et al,1992), Egyptians in the birds the reservoir host (Cross, 1998). -
Contribución Al Conocimiento De La Parasitofauna De Rana Perezi Seqane, 1885 (Amphibia: Ranidae) De La Provincia De Ávila
UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID FACULTAD DE FARMACIA DEPARTAMENTO DE PARASITOLOGIA TESIS DOCTORAL CONTRIBUCIÓN AL CONOCIMIENTO DE LA PARASITOFAUNA DE RANA PEREZI SEQANE, 1885 (AMPHIBIA: RANIDAE) DE LA PROVINCIA DE ÁVILA M~ Sonsoles Jiménez Sánchez Madrid, Septiembre de 1997 UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID FACULTAD DE FARMACIA DEPARTAMENTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA CONTRIBUCIÓN AL CONOCIMIENTO DE LA PARASITOFAUNA DE ¡<ANA PEREZI SEOANE, 1885 (AMPHIBIA: RANIDAE) DE LA PROVINCIA DE ÁVILA Memoria que presenta para optar al grado de Doctor en Fannacia la licenciada M~ Sonsoles Jiménez Sánchez. MADRID, SEPTIEMBRE DE 1997 DON ANTONIO R. MARTÍNEZ FERNÁNDEZ, CATEDRÁTICO Y DIRECTOR DEL DEPARTAMENTO DEPARASITOLOGIA DE LA FACULTAD DE FARMACIA DE LA U.C.M. CERTIFICA: Que la Licenciada en Farmacia M3 Sonsoles Jiménez Sánchez, ha realizado, bajo la dirección conjunta de los Profs. Drs. D. Luis Manuel Zapatero Ramos y Difa. Catalina Castaño Fernández, en este Departamento de Parasitología, la Memoria titulada CONTRIBUCIÓN AL CONOCIMIENTO DE LA PARASITOFAUNA DE ¡<ANA PEREZI SEOANE, 1885 (AMPHIBIA: RANIDAE) DE LA PROVINCIA DE AVILA. Y para que así conste, expido y firmo el presente en Madrid, a veintitrés de Septiembre de mil novecientos noventa y siete. ÍNDICE Indice 1. INTRODUCCIÓN .1 1.1. JUSTIFICACIÓN DEL TRABAJO 1 1.2. OBJETIVOS 1 2. REVISIÓN BIBLIOGRÁFICA 3 2.1. DESCRIPCION DEL Á1UÁ GEOGRÁFICA DE DISTRIBUCIÓN DEL HOSPEDADOR 3 2.1.1. SITUACIÓN, EXTENSIÓN YDIVISION 3 2.1.2. OLOGÍA, LITOLOGÍA Y EDAFOLOGIA 4 FISIOGRAFíA, GE 2.1.3. HIDROGRAFíA 4 2.1.4. CLIMATOLOGÍA 5 2.1.5. VEGETACION 5 2.2. REVISIÓN BIBLIOGRAFICA DEL HOSPEDADOR 7 2.2.1. CLASE AMPHIBIA 7 2.2.2. -
Contribución Al Conocimiento De La Parasitofauna De Peces De Acuario
6’ UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE. MADRID DEPARTAMENTOS DE PARASITOLOGIA Y PRODUCCION ANIMAL. “CONTRIBUCION AL CONOCIMIENTO DE LA PARASITOFAUNA DE PECES DE ACUARIO” Memoria que presenta para optar al grado de Doctor, la licenciada en Veterinaria, María Teresa Salcedo Pérez. Tesis Doctoral dirigida por el Prof. Dr. D. Luis M. Zapatero Ramos. Madrid, Mayo de 1994. D. ANTONIO R. MARTíNEZ FERNANDEZ, CATEDRATICO Y DIRECTOR DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE PARASITOLOGIA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE. MADRID. CERTIFICA: Quela licenciadaen Veterinaria, Maria Teresa Salcedo Pérez, realizó el programa de tercer ciclo “Acuicultura’, y el trabajo de investigación objeto de su tesis, bajo la dirección del Prof. Dr. D. Luis M. Zapatero Ramos, en este Departamento de Parasitología, para optar al grado de Doctor. Y para que así conste, a los efectos oportunos, firmo el presente en Madrid a 9 de Mayo de 1994. 4~ Quisiera expresar mi inmenso agradecimiento al Dr. O. Luis M. Zapatero Ramos, Profesor Titular de Parasitología, director y tutor de esta tesis, por sus inestimables enseñanzas y orientaciones, desde mi incorporación a su equipo de investigación. Muchas gracias. También quisiera constar mi agradecimiento al Prof. Dr. O. Antonio R. Martínez Fernández, Catedrático y Director del Departamento de Parasitología, por haber permitido la realización de este trabajo en dicho Departamento, y por sus observaciones que hicieron mejorar el mismo. Deseo expresar mi gratitud a mi compaifero y amigo, Isidro Sánchez Suaez, por los buenos ratos compartidos, su ayuda y por haberme acompañado en los momentos difíciles. Doy las gracias a la Prof. Dra. Da. Catalina Castaño Fernández, siempre dispuesta a ofrecerme su ayuda, por su cuidadosa revisión del manuscrito. -
Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda
Zootaxa 4185 (1): 001–274 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Monograph ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2016 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4185.1.1 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0D054EDD-9CDC-4D16-A8B2-F1EBBDAD6E09 ZOOTAXA 4185 Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada Part V: Nematoda HISAO P. ARAI3, 5 & JOHN W. SMITH4 3Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, British Columbia V9R 5K6 4Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5. E-mail: [email protected] 5Deceased Magnolia Press Auckland, New Zealand Accepted by K. DAVIES (Initially edited by M.D.B. BURT & D.F. McALPINE): 5 Apr. 2016; published: 8 Nov. 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 HISAO P. ARAI & JOHN W. SMITH Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada. Part V: Nematoda* (Zootaxa 4185) 274 pp.; 30 cm. 8 Nov. 2016 ISBN 978-1-77670-004-2 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-77670-005-9 (Online edition) FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2016 BY Magnolia Press P.O. Box 41-383 Auckland 1346 New Zealand e-mail: [email protected] http://www.mapress.com/j/zt © 2016 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5326 (Print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (Online edition) *Editors of the series: MICHAEL D. B. BURT & DONALD F. McALPINE 2 · Zootaxa 4185 (1) © 2016 Magnolia Press ARAI & SMITH Table of contents Dedications . 4 Preface . 5 Abstract . 5 Résumé . 5 Introduction . 6 Collection and Examination of Nematodes . 9 Geographical Distribution . 10 Glossary of Terms . 10 Keys and Descriptions. -
Machine Learning Approach to Support Taxonomic Species Discrimination
Borba et al. Parasites Vectors (2021) 14:230 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-04721-6 Parasites & Vectors RESEARCH Open Access Machine learning approach to support taxonomic species discrimination based on helminth collections data Victor Hugo Borba1,2, Coralie Martin3, José Roberto Machado‑Silva2, Samanta C. C. Xavier1, Flávio L. de Mello4 and Alena Mayo Iñiguez1* Abstract Background: There are more than 300 species of capillariids that parasitize various vertebrate groups worldwide. Species identifcation is hindered because of the few taxonomically informative structures available, making the task laborious and genus defnition controversial. Thus, its taxonomy is one of the most complex among Nematoda. Eggs are the parasitic structures most viewed in coprological analysis in both modern and ancient samples; consequently, their presence is indicative of positive diagnosis for infection. The structure of the egg could play a role in genera or species discrimination. Institutional biological collections are taxonomic repositories of specimens described and strictly identifed by systematics specialists. Methods: The present work aims to characterize eggs of capillariid species deposited in institutional helminth col‑ lections and to process the morphological, morphometric and ecological data using machine learning (ML) as a new approach for taxonomic identifcation. Specimens of 28 species and 8 genera deposited at Coleção Helmintológica do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (CHIOC, IOC/FIOCRUZ/Brazil) and Collection de Nématodes Zooparasites du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris (MNHN/France) were examined under light microscopy. In the morphological and morphometric analyses (MM), the total length and width of eggs as well as plugs and shell thickness were con‑ sidered. In addition, eggshell ornamentations and ecological parameters of the geographical location (GL) and host (H) were included. -
Appendix a Summary of Data for Selected Sites Along the Thames Estuary (A) Physicochemical Parameters
Appendix A Summary of data for selected sites along the Thames Estuary (a) Physicochemical parameters National Distance Meanquarterlysalinity (gID Grid from Particlesize analysis(%) Reference Teddington Max Min Sediment Depth Site (TQ) Symbol weir (km) (quarter) (quarter) description < 63 J.lffi 63-212 212-600 600-1000 1-2 mm > 2 mm (m) Teddington 168715 T 0.1 0.24 (4/91)" 0.08 0 /90)" Shingle, stones on sand 1.77 5.99 10.37 2.52 3.21 76.14b 0.5 Kew 191779 K 7.0 0.24 (3/90) 0.080 /90) Ston es, shingle, debris 9.29 12.44 36.24 8.17 5.14 28.72b 0.5 on muddy sand Hammersmith 230780 HB 15.8 0.94 (3/90) 0.080/90) Sand and organic matter 7.35 16.45 74.74 0.66 0.32 0.48 Intertidal Bridge Cadogan Pier 274776 CP 23.2 2.38 (3/90) 0.080/90) Stones and debris on 25.59 11.21 47.35 2.21 0.39 13.25b 0.5 fine sand and mud South Bank 308 803 SBC 28.3 3.32 (3/90) 0.08 (1/90) Sand, organic matter 2.27 9.89 85.20 1.80 0.61 0.23 Int ertidal Centre and debris London Bridge 327 805 LB 30.4 4.97 (3/90) 0.090/90) Larg e rock s on mud 24.78 20.26 22.59 2.38 5.83 24.16b 0.5 Greenwich 383 780 GW 38.3 6.82 (3/90) 0.140/90) Silt and mud 22.54 52.34 22.05 1.05 2.02 0.00 Intertidal Woolwichi 427793 WWi 45.1 12.20 (3/90) 0.970 /90) Mud and stones 13.82 14.75 12.62 1.61 1.97 55.23 Intertidal Woolwich s 429794 WWs 45.6 " " Silt and mud 35.06 54.32 10.35 0.15 0.12 0.00 2.0 Beckton 456815 BK 48.9 13.58 (3/90) 2.040 /90) Fine mud 50.65 39.61 9.24 0.09 0.20 0.21 1.5 Crossness i 492809 XNi 53.1 17.09 (3/90) 2.510 /90) Coarse mud 34.76 48.32 16.25 0.25 0.42 0.00 Intertidal Crossness -
Macrobrachium Rosenbergii
PROCEEDINGS of the OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Volume 100 2020 EDITOR: Mostafa Elshahed Production Editor: Tammy Austin Business Manager: Adam Ryburn The Official Organ of the OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Which was established in 1909 for the purpose of stimulating scientific research; to promote fraternal relationships among those engaged in scientific work in Oklahoma; to diffuse among the citizens of the State a knowledge of the various departments of science; and to investigate and make known the material, educational, and other resources of the State. Affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Publication Date: January 2021 ii POLICIES OF THE PROCEEDINGS The Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science contains papers on topics of interest to scientists. The goal is to publish clear communications of scientific findings and of matters of general concern for scientists in Oklahoma, and to serve as a creative outlet for other scientific contributions by scientists. ©2020 Oklahoma Academy of Science The Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy Base and/or other appropriate repository. of Science contains reports that describe the Information necessary for retrieval of the results of original scientific investigation data from the repository will be specified in (including social science). Papers are received a reference in the paper. with the understanding that they have not been published previously or submitted for 4. Manuscripts that report research involving publication elsewhere. The papers should be human subjects or the use of materials of significant scientific quality, intelligible to a from human organs must be supported by broad scientific audience, and should represent a copy of the document authorizing the research conducted in accordance with accepted research and signed by the appropriate procedures and scientific ethics (proper subject official(s) of the institution where the work treatment and honesty). -
Moravec Bartonviaheupel Description of Piscicapillaria And
https://link.springer.com/article/10.2478%2Fs11686-019-00058-4 POSTPRINT Description of Piscicapillaria bursata sp. n. (Capillariidae) and redescription of Parascarophis sphyrnae Campana-Rouget, 1955 (Cystidicolidae), two nematode parasites of hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna spp.) off Australia František Moravec · Diane P. Barton __________________________________________________________________________ F. Moravec () Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic e-mail: [email protected] D. P. Barton Fisheries Research, Department of Primary Industries and Resources, Northern Territory Government, Berrimah, Northern Territory 0828, Australia; School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales 2678, Australia Abstract: Examinations of two species of hammerhead sharks, Shyrna lewini (Grifith et Smith) and S. mokarran (Rüppel) (Sphyrnidae, Carcharhiniformes), from off the northern https://www.nespmarine.edu.au/document/description-piscicapillaria-bursata-sp-nov-capillariidae- and-redescription-parascarophis Page 1 https://link.springer.com/article/10.2478%2Fs11686-019-00058-4 POSTPRINT coast of Australia revealed the presence of two species of intestinal nematode parasites, Piscicapillaria bursata sp. n. (Capillariidae) and Parascarophis sphyrnae Campana-Rouget, 1955 (Cystidicolidae). The new capillariid species P. bursata sp. n. from S. mokarran (type host) and S. lewini differs from its congeners mainly in the spicule length (330 µm), body length of gravid females 12.80–21.26 mm and in possessing a subterminal female anus. Light and scanning electron microscopical examination of the specimens of P. sphyrnae (type species of Parascarophis Campana-Rouget, 1955), recorded from S. lewini, made it possible to redescribe the female and, for the first time, to describe the male. -
Journal of Parasitology
Journal of Parasitology Volume 93, Issue 4 (August 2007), pp.727- 976 BIOCHEMISTRY-PHYSIOLOGY COMPARISON OF THE PEPTIDASE ACTIVITY IN THE ONCOSPHERE EXCRETORY/SECRETORY PRODUCTS OF TAENIA SOLIUM AND TAENIA SAGINATA Mirko J. Zimic, Jesús Infantes, César López, Jeanette Velásquez, Marilú Farfán, Mónica Pajuelo, Patricia Sheen, Manuela Verastegui, Armando Gonzalez, Hector H. García, and Robert H. Gilman 727 ECOLOGY-EPIDEMIOLOGY EFFECTS OF ACANTHOCEPHALUS LUCII (ACANTHOCEPHALA) ON INTERMEDIATE HOST SURVIVAL AND GROWTH: IMPLICATIONS FOR EXPLOITATION STRATEGIES Daniel P. Benesh and E. Tellervo Valtonen 735 PROXIMATE FACTORS AFFECTING THE LARVAL LIFE HISTORY OF ACANTHOCEPHALUS LUCII (ACANTHOCEPHALA) Daniel P. Benesh and E. Tellervo Valtonen 742 FIELD EVIDENCE OF HOST SIZE-DEPENDENT PARASITISM IN TWO MANIPULATIVE PARASITES Yannick Outreman, Frank Cézilly, and Loïc Bollache 750 HELMINTH COMMUNITIES IN FIVE SPECIES OF SYMPATRIC AMPHIBIANS FROM THREE ADJACENT EPHEMERAL PONDS IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN H. Randall Yoder and James R. Coggins 755 ECTOPARASITOLOGY NEW AND PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED SPECIES OF DACTYLOGYRIDAE (MONOGENOIDEA) FROM THE GILLS OF PANAMANIANFRESHWATER FISHES (TELEOSTEI) Edgar F. Mendoza-Franco, M. Leopoldina Aguirre-Macedo, and Víctor M. Vidal- Martínez 761 THREE NEW SPECIES OF LIGOPHORUS (MONOGENEA: DACTYLOGYRIDAE) ON THE GILLS OF MUGIL CEPHALUS (TELEOSTEI: MUGILIDAE) FROM THE JAPAN SEA Nataliya Yu. Rubtsova, Juan A. Balbuena, and Volodimir L. Sarabeev 772 TWO NEW SPECIES OF HALIOTREMA (MONOGENOIDEA: DACTYLOGYRIDAE) FROM ACANTHURUS NIGROFUSCUS AND ACANTHURUS OLIVACEUS (TELEOSTEI: ACANTHURIDAE) IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA Yuan Sun, Delane C. Kritsky, and Tingbao Yang 781 IN MEMORIAM ROBERT L. CALENTINE 1929–2007 Bruce M. Christensen 787 ECTOPARASITOLOGY THE FIRST CHONDRACANTHID (COPEPODA: CYCLOPOIDA) REPORTED FROM CULTURED FINFISH, WITH A REVISED KEY TO THE SPECIES OF CHONDRACANTHUS Danny Tang, Melanie Andrews, and Jennifer M. -
Research Note Helminths of Liophis Miliaris (Squamata, Dipsadidae)
©2015 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice DOI 10.1515/helmin-2015-0029 HELMINTHOLOGIA, 52, 2: 159 – 166, 2015 Research Note Helminths of Liophis miliaris (Squamata, Dipsadidae): a list of species and new records V. L. T. MATI, H. A. PINTO, A. L. MELO Laboratório de Taxonomia e Biologia de Invertebrados, Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, P.O. Box 486, 30123-970, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Article info Summary Received December 2, 2014 In order to have better knowledge of the parasites of the common water snake Liophis miliaris (Lin- Accepted January 15, 2015 naeus, 1758), a checklist of its helminths was produced based on a review of the literature and new records of worms identifi ed during the course of a parasitological survey combining data from stool analysis (n = 22) and necropsies (n = 8) of specimens of this snake from Muriaé, state of Minas Ge- rais, Brazil. Thirty-one helminth species (two acanthocephalans, one cestode, 11 nematodes and 17 trematodes) were so far reported in L. miliaris in the Neotropical region, already including the records in the present study of Acanthorhabdias acanthorhabdias Pereira, 1927, Paracapillaria (Ophidiocap- illaria) cesarpintoi (Freitas & Lent, 1934) and Strongyloides ophidiae Pereira, 1929. Taxonomic com- ments on these nematode species are given, and areas of occurrence of A. acanthorhabdias and P. cesarpintoi are expanded in southeastern Brazil. In addition, factors related to parasite richness of L. miliaris, which is likely related to its aquatic habits, are discussed.