Abstract:This study was carried out to provide information on the taxonomic classification and analysis of mitochondrial genomes of <i>Spirometra theileri</i>. One strobila of <i>S. theileri</i> was collected from the intestine of an African leopard (<i>Panthera pardus</i>) in the Maswa Game Reserve, Tanzania. The complete mtDNA sequence of <i>S. theileri</i> was 13,685 bp encoding 36 genes including 12 protein genes, 22 tRNAs and 2 rRNAs with absence of <i>atp</… Show more
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