TABLE 3.

Comparison of the Shasta snail-1 and Shasta snail-2 16S rRNA gene sequences with the 16S rRNA gene sequences of other rickettsiae

Strain or agent	% Identity toa:
	Shasta snail-1 sequence	Shasta snail-2 sequence
SRC agent	99.86	99.93
E. risticii Kentucky	99.65	99.72
E. risticii Illinois	99.58	99.65
E. risticii Ohio O81	99.44	99.51
SF agentb	99.02	99.09
E. sennetsu	99.02	99.09
N. helminthoeca	95.23	94.43
A. marginale	85.93	85.94

^aValues were derived from a BLAST search. 

^bEhrlichia isolated from the fluke Stellantchasmus falcatus (43).