Table 1.
Taxonomy, GenBank accession numbers, hosts, regions of isolation, and percentages of sequence identity of Babesia sp. Suis with the 33 piroplasms used as operational taxonomic units in the phylogenetic analysis
| Species | GenBank accession no. | Host | Region | % sequence identity with Babesia sp. Suisa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plasmodium falciparum | M19172.1 | Human | Africa | 64.5 |
| Babesia ovis | AY150058.1 | Goat | Spain | 94.3 |
| Babesia bovis | AY150059.1 | Cattle | Portugal | 85.9 |
| Babesia canis canis | AY072926.1 | Dog | Croatia | 91.8 |
| Babesia canis rossi | DQ111760.1 | Dog | South Africa | 92.6 |
| Babesia canis vogeli | AY371198.1 | Dog | United States | 92.3 |
| Babesia equi | AY150064.2 | Horse | Spain | 88.7 |
| Babesia sp. Kashi2 | AY726557.1 | Cattle | China | 98.0 |
| Babesia occultans | EU376017.1 | Antelope | South Africa | 98.0 |
| Babesia sp. Kashi1 | AY726556.1 | Cattle | China | 96.3 |
| Babesia orientalis | AY596279.1 | Water buffalo | China | 97.7 |
| Theileria annulata | M64243.1 | Cattle | South Africa | 88.5 |
| Theileria mutans | AF078815.1 | Cattle | Kenya | 88.3 |
| Theileria separata | AY260175.1 | Sheep | Germany | 88.7 |
| Theileria velifera | AF097993.1 | Cattle | Tanzania | 89.5 |
| Theileria taurotragi | L19082.1 | Antelope | Uganda | 88.9 |
| Theileria parva | L02366.1 | Cattle | Africa | 88.6 |
| Babesia motasi | AY260180.1 | Texel sheep | Netherlands | 93.8 |
| Babesia bigemina | X59605.1 | Cattle | Mexico | 93.3 |
| Babesia ovata | AY603400.1 | Cattle | China | 94.1 |
| Babesia caballi | Z15104.1 | Horse | South Africa | 94.1 |
| Babesia gibsoni | DQ184507.1 | Dog | United States | 93.4 |
| Babesia divergens | FJ944826.1 | Cattle | France | 92.7 |
| Babesia microti | U09833.1 | Mouse | United States | 86.9 |
| Babesia sp. strain WA1 | AY027816.1 | Human | United States | 87.8 |
| Piroplasmida sp. strain BH1 | AF158708.1 | Bighorn sheep | United States | 87.1 |
| Babesia bovis | M87566.1 | Cattle | Australia | 84.5 |
| Babesia bovis | L31922.1 | Cattle | Mexico | 86.0 |
| Babesia odocoilei | AY237638.1 | Reindeer | United States | 92.8 |
| Babesia sp. strain Dog | AY534602.1 | Dog | Spain | 86.6 |
| Babesia leo | AF244911.1 | Lion | South Africa | 86.9 |
| Babesia sp. strain Lion | AF244914 | Lion | South Africa | 87.1 |
| Cytauxzoon felis | AY679105.1 | Cat | United States | 87.1 |
| Babesia rodhaini | M87565.1 | Small mammals | Africa | 86.3 |
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Percentages of identity were evaluated by pairwise alignment and by the sequence identity matrix option of BioEdit (8).