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Table 2 Percent similarities (lower-left diagonal half) and actual numbers of mismatches (upper-right diagonal half) in the gltA sequences (126 bp) of groups of Ehrlichia in Caribbean domestic ruminants and two representatives of each of the most closely related Ehrlichia species/strains in GenBank

From: Development of a generic Ehrlichia FRET-qPCR and investigation of ehrlichioses in domestic ruminants on five Caribbean islands

 

G1

G2

G3

G4

G5

UFMG

canis

muris

chaff.

E. tick

ewing.

rumin.

P-Mtn

Group1a

 

2

6

7

17

2

9

9

13

17

17

17

18

Group2

98

 

9

10

19

5

11

11

15

20

20

20

21

Group3

95

93

 

1

14

9

5

10

12

15

17

15

17

Group4

94

92

99

 

13

9

5

10

11–12

14

17

14

17

Group5

87

85

89

90

 

17

17

11

14

1

13

7

13

E. sp. BOV2010/UFMG-EVb

98

96

93

93

86

 

6

10

13

16–18

17

17

17

E. canis

93

91

96

96

86

95

 

11

13

14–17

15–18

14

18

E. muris

93

91

92

92

91

92

91

 

7

10–12

18–20

10

19

E. chaffeensis

90

88

90

91

89

90

90

95

 

10–15

17–18

13

19–21

E. sp. African ticks

86

84

88

89

99

86–87

87–89

90–92

88–92

 

13–14

5–8

13

E. ewingii

86

84

88

89

95

86

89

92

90

94–95

 

15

14–15

E. ruminantium

86

84

86

86

90

86

86–88

84–86

86

89–90

88

 

8–9

E. sp. P-Mtn

86

83

86

86

90

86

86

85

84–85

90

93–94

88–89

 
  1. aWe found identical sequences in 8 (Group 1), 1 (Group 2), 3 (Group 3), 2 (Group 4) and 1 (Group 5) Caribbean domestic ruminants. Comparing these sequences with those of two representatives of the most closely related Ehrlichia species and strains in GenBank, the number of mismatches is shown in the upper-right diagonal half of the table and the percentage similarity is shown in the bottom-left diagonal half of the table. Matches with the highest percent similarity are shown in bold
  2. bThe Gene Accession numbers for representing Ehrlichia spp. in this table are: JN673762 and JX629807 for E. sp. BOV2010/UFMG-EV; AY647155 and NC_007354 for E. canis; NC_023063 and AF304144 for E. muris; AF304142 and NC_007799 for E. chaffeensis; AF311966 and AF311965 for E. sp. African ticks; DQ365879 for E. ewingii; NC_005259 and DQ513396 for E. ruminantium; DQ363995 and EU272407 for E. sp. P-Mtn