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TABLE 2.

The 5′ end of the 16S rRNA gene sequences (bp 81 to 126) of different Anaplasma and Ehrlichia strains were determined and compared with similar sequences from GenBank

Sequence^a	Accession no.	Species	Nucleotide change
`TTATTCTTTATAGCTTGCTATAAAGAATAGTTAGTGGCAGACGGGTGAGTAATGCA`	U02521	A. phagocytophila prototype	Prototype
`.............................A..........................`	M73220	A. phagocytophila variant 1	100^A
`.........G...................A..........................`	AF336220	A. phagocytophila variant 2	80^G, 100^A
`.....................G.......A..........................`	AJ242784	A. phagocytophila variant 3	92^G, 100^A
`.....................G..................................`	AJ242783	A. phagocytophila variant 4	92^G
`......................G.................................`	AY035312	A. phagocytophila variant 5	93^G
`.............................A....................G.....`	AF227954	E. phagocytophila	100^A, 121^G
`...................G....................................`	AF036647	E. equi	90^G
`.......................G................................`	AF036646	E. equi	94^G
`.....................GG..G..............................`	AF205140	HGE agent	92^G 93^G 96^G

Nucleotides at positions 80, 92, and 100, respectively, are indicated in boldface for each sequence.