Molecular Characterization of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis (Nematoda: Heligmosomatidae) from Mus musculus in India

(Rodentia: Muridae) has generally been infected with a rodent hookworm . In this report, we present morphological and molecular identification of by light and scanning electron microscopy and PCR amplification of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 ( ) gene and the protein sequences encoded by gene, respectively. Despite the use of in many biochemistry studies from India, their taxonomic identification was not fully understood, especially at the species level, and no molecular data is available in GenBank from India. Sequence analysis of gene in this study revealed that the present specimen showed close identity with the same species available in GenBank, confirming that the species is . This study represents the first record of molecular identification of from India and the protein structure to better understand the comparative phylogenetic characteristics.