Multilocus sequence typing of clinical Borreliella afzelii strains: population structure and differential ability to disseminate in humans

Table 3 Population genetic diversity parameters of B. afzelii strains isolated from clinical samples

Locus	No. of nucleotides	No. of alleles	No. of SNPs	No. of indels	Hd ± SD	π ± SD
clpA	579	14	11	0	0.762 ± 0.016	0.00199 ± 0.00009
clpX	624	7	6	0	0.188 ± 0.030	0.00033 ± 0.00006
nifS	564	11	9	0	0.613 ± 0.015	0.00134 ± 0.00007
pepX	570	22	16	0	0.849 ± 0.013	0.00297 ± 0.00012
pyrG	603	22	14	0	0.862 ± 0.011	0.00449 ± 0.00010
recG	651	21	15	0	0.840 ± 0.011	0.00281 ± 0.00008
rplB	624	12	9	0	0.401 ± 0.034	0.00088 ± 0.00009
uvrA	570	10	8	1^a	0.613 ± 0.020	0.00135 ± 0.00007
Concatenated sequences	4785	149	88	1	0.984 ± 0.003	0.00202 ± 0.00003

Abbreviations: SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; indels, insertions/deletions; Hd, haplotype diversity; π, nucleotide diversity; SD, standard deviation
^aAllele 203: insertion of AGATTAAAG between positions 537 and 538 (tandem duplication)

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