Table 1. Sarcocystis neurona genotyping data summary.
Data Set | Host | Samples | Antigen types | MS types | total genotypes | eBurst complexes (MS) | eBurst singletons (MS) | Proportion complex 1 | Proportion complex 2 | Total proportion complex 1/2 |
Overall | Sea otter | 57 | 9 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0.47 | 0.32 | 0.79 |
Harbor seal | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | nd | nd | 0 | 0.17 | 0.17 | |
Raccoon | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | nd | nd | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Opossum | 13 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.31 | 0.31 | |
Horse | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | nd | nd | 0 | 0.57 | 0.57 | |
Porpoise | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | nd | nd | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Cat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | nd | nd | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
Total | 87 | 12 | 33 | 35 | 8 | 8 | 0.31 | 0.34 | 0.65 | |
Monterey, CA (ATOS 1–400) | Sea otter | 30 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0.07 | 0.63 | 0.70 |
Opossum | 10 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |
Horse | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | nd | nd | 0 | 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Porpoise | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | nd | nd | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | |
Total | 45 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0.07 | 0.60 | 0.64 | |
Morro Bay, CA (ATOS 800–1200) | Sea otter | 27 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0.93 | 0 | 0.93 |
Total | 27 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0.93 | 0 | 0.93 |
MS: microsatellite.
nd: not done.
ATOS: The ‘As The Otter Swims’ number refers to each sea otter's stranding location, based upon defined and sequential 0.5 kilometer segments of the California coastline, starting with zero (0) just north of San Francisco and increasing numerically from north to south.