TABLE 2.

Percent similarity of nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence of the citrate synthase gene detected in dog SA1108 and those reported in Anaplasma and other species

Species (GenBank accession no.)	% Identity to SA1108 citrate synthase gene
	Nucleotide	Amino acid
A. phagocytophilum Webster (AF304136, AAL01656)	66.44	69.47
A. centrale (AF304141, AAL01659)	63.67	68.42
A. marginale (AF304140, AAL01658)	63.32	66.32
A. platys (AB058782, AAB87841)	62.98	65.26
E. canis (AF304143, AAL01661)	62.98	66.32
E. ruminantium (AF304146, AAL01664)	64.01	63.16
W. pipientis (AF332584, AAL57051)	59.52	60.00
N. risticii (AF304147, AAL01665)	57.80	55.91