TABLE 3.
GTs identified in small mammals
| GT |
Bartonella species (% similarity)a |
Reactivity with the ITS probes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| gltA | ITS | Pattern | Laneb | |
| 1 | B. vinsonii subsp. arupensis (93.5) | B. taylorii (98.9) | S-TAY | 1 |
| 2 | B. taylorii (94.2) | B. taylorii (97.8) | S-TAY + S-CE1MM3b | 41 |
| 3 | ND | B. taylorii (93.5) | S-TAY + S-CE1MM3b | NS |
| 4 | B. taylorii (94.6) | B. taylorii (97.8) | S-TAY+ S-MUS1+ S-CE1MM3b | 42 |
| 5 | ND | B. taylorii (98.4) | S-TAY+ S-MUS1+ S-CE1MM3b | NS |
| 6 | B. vinsonii subsp. arupensis (94.5) | B. taylorii (99.0) | S-CE1MM3b | 7 |
| 7 | B. vinsonii subsp. vinsonii (95.0) | B. taylorii (73.9) | S-TAY + S-TALP | 2 |
| 8 | B. vinsonii subsp. vinsonii (93.8) | B. taylorii (91.0) | S-TAY + S-MUS1 | 3 |
| 9 | B. vinsonii subsp. arupensis (91.9) | B. taylorii (90.2) | S-TAY + S-MUS2 | 4 |
| 10 | B. birtlesii (91.9) | B. vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii (67.9), B. cooperplainsense (67.0) | S-R24Sh | 19 |
| 11 | B. birtlesii (100.0) | ND | NAc | NA |
| 12 | B. grahamii (100.0) | B. grahamii (98.8) | S-GUIMM1 | 16 |
| 13 | B. tribocorum (95.8) | B. elizabethae (77.4), B. tribocorum (77.1) | S-CAT6 | 17 |
| 14 | ND | B. elizabethae (89.3), B. grahamii (89.3) | S-OR3MM1 | 8 |
| 15 | B. elizabethae (97.3) | B. elizabethae (89.6), B. grahamii (89.6) | S-OR3MM1 | NS |
| 16 | B. elizabethae (96.9) | B. elizabethae (85.3) | S-OR3MM1+S-R2Eb | 9 |
| 17 | B. elizabethae (96.9) | B. grahamii (91.9) | S-OR3MM3 | 10 |
| 18 | B. elizabethae (97.3) | B. elizabethae (95.0) | S-ELIZ+S-CAT9 | 11 |
| 19 | B. doshiae (96.2) | B. doshiae (89.6) | S-APO38 | 14 |
| 20 | B. rochalimae (95.8) | B. rochalimae (65.4) | S-APS48 | 18 |
| 21 | B. rochalimae (96.2) | B. rochalimae (71.5) | S-MUS3b | 5 |
| 22 | ND | B. tribocorum (73.5), B. rochalimae (73.0) | S-TOPO15b | 6 |
a
The highest percent similarity found with the indicated Bartonella species is indicated in parentheses. ND, not determined (a sequence could not be obtained).
b
The corresponding lane in Fig. 1A with an example of this hybridization pattern. NS, not shown.
c
NA, not applicable.