Table 1.

Chlamydial sequences analysed in this study

Species	Strain	Origin	Host	Pathology	Sequence reference
C. abortus	S26/3	Scotland	Sheep	Abortion	[62]
C. caviae	GPIC	USA	Guinea Pig	Conjunctivitis	[63]
C. felis	Fe/C-56	Japan	Cat	Pneumonia	[64]
C. muridarum	Nigg	USA	Mouse	Pneumonia	[65]
C. pecorum	824	Scotland	Sheep	Conjunctivitis	[21]
C. pecorum	AB10	France	Sheep	Abortion	[21]
C. pecorum	AKT	Tunis	Sheep	Abortion	[21]
C. pecorum	BE53	England	Cattle	Encephalymylitis	[21]
C. pecorum	E58	USA	Cattle	Encephalomylitis	[21]
C. pecorum	iB1	France	Sheep	Healthy (faeces)	[21]
C. pecorum	iB2	France	Sheep	Healthy (faeces)	[21]
C. pecorum	iB3	France	Sheep	Healthy (faeces)	[21]
C. pecorum	iB4	France	Sheep	Healthy (faeces)	[21]
C. pecorum	iB5	France	Sheep	Healthy (faeces)	[21]
C. pecorum	iC2	France	Goat	Healthy (faeces)	[21]
C. pecorum	iC3	France	Goat	Healthy (faeces)	[21]
C. pecorum	iC4	France	Goat	Healthy (faeces)	[21]
C. pecorum	LW679	USA	Sheep	Arthritis	[21]
C. pecorum	M14	Morocco	Goat	Abortion	[21]
C. pecorum	MC/MarsBar	Australia	Koala	Genital tract infection	(this work)
C. pecorum	R69	Ireland	Sheep	Healthy (faeces)	[21]
C. pecorum	SBE	England	Cattle	Encephalomylitis	[21]
C. pecorum	VB2	France	Sheep	Orchitis	[21]
C. pecorum	W73	Ireland	Sheep	Healthy (faeces)	[21]
C. pneumoniae	CWL029	USA	Human	Pneumonia	[62]
C. trachomatis	A/HAR-13	Saudi Arabia	Human	Conjunctivitis	[63]
C. trachomatis	B/Jali20/OT	The Gambia	Human	Conjunctivitis	[62]
C. trachomatis	B/TZ1A828/OT	Tanzania	Human	Conjunctivitis	[64]
C. trachomatis	D/UW-3/CX	USA	Human	Genital tract infection	[65]
C. trachomatis	L2/434/Bu	USA	Human	Bubo	[66]
C. trachomatis	L2b/UCH-1/proctitis	England	Human	Proctitis	[66]