Table 3.
Results of molecular target sequencing for Rickettsia spp. identification.
| Bird Species | Tick Species | Sequenced Targets | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OmpA | gltA | ||||||||
| Description | Query Cover | Perc. Id. | Ref. | Description | Query Cover | Perc. Id. | Ref. | ||
| Sylvia borin | Ixodes ricinus | Rickettsia monacensis | 100% | 99% | LN794217.1 | Rickettsia monacensis | 99% | 100% | KU586332.1 |
| Erithacus rubecula | Ixodes frontalis | - | - | - | - | Rickettsia helvetica | 97% | 99.2% | KU310588. |
| Sylvia communis | Ixodes ventalloi | - | - | - | - | Rickettsia helvetica | 100% | 100.% | KU310588.1 |
| Erithacus rubecula | Ixodes ventalloi | - | - | - | - | Rickettsia monacensis | 100% | 99.7% | KU586332.1 |
| Erithacus rubecula | Ixodes ventalloi | Rickettsia sp. | 100% | 95.6% | LC565679.1 | uncultured Rickettsia sp. | 99% | 99.7% | KY753120.1 |
| Lanius senator | Hyalomma rufipes | - | - | - | - | Rickettsia felis | 99% | 100% | MG952932.1 |
| Saxicola rubetra | Hyalomma rufipes | Rickettsia felis isolate LIS 552A (ompA) gene | 100% | 100% | KY172885.1 | Rickettsia felis | 99% | 100% | MG952932.1 |
| Luscinia megarhynchos | Ixodes ricinus | Rickettsia monacensis | 100% | 99.8% | HM161773.1 | Rickettsia monacensis | 100% | 100% | KU586332.1 |
| Sylvia communis | Ixodes inopinatus | Rickettsia monacensis | 99% | 99.1% | LN794217.1 | Rickettsia monacensis | 93% | 99.5% | KU586332.1 |
| Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Hyalomma rufipes | Rickettsia africae | 100% | 100% | HQ335132.1 | Rickettsia africae | 100% | 100% | HQ335126.1 |
| Luscinia megarhynchos | Ixodes ricinus | Rickettsia monacensis | 99% | 100% | HM161773.1 | Rickettsia monacensis | 100% | 100% | KU586332.1 |
| Saxicola rubetra | Amblyomma variegatum | - | - | - | - | Rickettsia africae | 100% | 98.7% | MH751467.1 |
| Sylvia melanocephala | Ixodes ricinus | - | - | - | - | Rickettsia monacensis | 99% | 99.7% | KU586332.1 |
| Turdus philomelos | Ixodes ricinus | Rickettsia monacensis | 99% | 99.3% | MN853331.1 | Rickettsia monacensis | 100% | 99.5% | KU586332.1 |
| Anthus trivialis | Amblyomma marmoreum complex | Rickettsia tamurae | 99% | 97.8% | DQ103259.1 | Rickettsia tamurae | 100% | 98.5% | KT753265.1 |
| Erithacus rubecula | Ixodes ventalloi | - | - | - | - | Rickettsia helvetica | 100% | 99.2% | KU310588.1 |
| Sylvia cantillans | Ixodes ricinus | - | - | - | - | Rickettsia helvetica | 99% | 100% | KU310588.1 |
| Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Hyalomma rufipes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Hyalomma rufipes | - | - | - | - | Rickettsia felis | 100% | 99.7% | MN726355.1 |
| Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Hyalomma sp. | Rickettsia monacensis | 97% | 100% | MK922659.1 | Rickettsia monacensis | 100% | 100% | KU586332.1 |
| Ficedula hypoleuca | Ixodes ricinus | Rickettsia monacensis | 100% | 99.3% | MN853331.1 | Rickettsia monacensis | 99% | 100% | KU586332.1 |
| Sylvia borin | Ixodes ricinus | - | - | - | - | Rickettsia helvetica | 100% | 99.7% | KU310588.1 |
| Sylvia communis | Argas persicus | - | - | - | - | Rickettsia endosymbiont of Haemaphysalis punctata | 100% | 99.7% | EU303311.1 |
| - | - | - | - | uncultured Rickettsia sp. | 100% | 99.5% | MH673722.1 | ||
| - | - | - | - | Rickettsia asembonensis | 100% | 98.5% | KY445723.1 | ||
| Sylvia communis | Ixodes sp. | - | - | - | - | Rickettsia helvetica | 100% | 100% | KU310588.1 |