Phylogenetic tree based on partial (428-bp) groEL nt sequences of Anaplasma spp., obtained by using the neighbor-joining method with Kimura 2-parameter analysis and bootstrap analysis of 1,000 replicates. Numbers on branches indicate percent of replicates that reproduced the topology for each clade. Parentheses enclose GenBank numbers of the sequences used in the phylogenetic analysis. Boldface indicates sequences obtained from rodents and sheep from northeastern China, May 2009. Scale bar indicates number of nucleotides per 1,000 bp. phago, phagocytophilum.