TABLE 2.

Details of the 10 VNTR loci identified in the A. phagocytophilum HZ strain genome sequence

VNTR locus	Genome coordinate	Repeat motif sequence	No. of repeats
VNTR1	1026286	CTCTGGTCT	52
VNTR2	937744	TGGGCTAT	32
VNTR3	308635	GTCAGGAA	80
VNTR4	293445	TTGCTCA	37
VNTR5	214596	TGAAAGGTATCGCGG	17
VNTR6	215448	ATGTGCT	49
VNTR7	1444211	GAAGGCA	12
VNTR8	1168712	GGAGACGTACT	19
VNTR9	645705	TGACTGGG	35
VNTR10	657819	TGTTCC	12