TABLE 3.
16S rRNA gene sequence comparison
| Strain | % Sequence identitya
|
||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study samples
|
Francisella-like endosymbiont sequences (GenBank)
|
Francisella sequences (GenBank)
|
|||||||||||||
| D. occidentalis 2031093 | D. variabilis 2040384 | D. variabilis 2040460 | D. variabilis symbiont MV1 | D. variabilis symbiont AF166256 | D. occidentalis symbiont (CA) AY375402 | D. occidentalis symbiont (WA) AY375403 | D. variabilis symbiont (WA) AY375404 | D. andersoni symbiont AF001077 | O. moubata symbiont (B) AB00152 | O. porcinus symbiont AF166257 | F. tularensis subsp. tularensis Z21932 | F. tularensis subsp. holarctica Z21931 | F. tularensis subsp. novicida L26084 | F. philomiragia Z21933 | |
| D. occidentalis 2031093 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 99.6 | 100 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 99.4 | 99.4 | 99.1 | 97.4 | 97.3 | 97.6 | 95.9 | |
| D. variabilis 2040384 | 100 | 99.8 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 100 | 100 | 99.4 | 99.4 | 99.1 | 97.4 | 97.3 | 97.6 | 95.9 | ||
| D. variabilis 2040460 | 99.8 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 100 | 100 | 99.4 | 99.4 | 99.1 | 97.4 | 97.3 | 97.6 | 95.9 | |||
| D. variabilis symbiont MV1 | 99.6 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 99.4 | 99.4 | 99.1 | 97.4 | 97.3 | 97.6 | 95.9 | ||||
a
Sequence identity was calculated using the MegAlign program of DNASTAR, using bases 141 to 1152 of the complete F. tularensis subsp. tularensis 16S rRNA gene sequence in GenBank (Z21932).