Table 1.

The sequence identity values between T. annulata Iran S15 Vaccine Strain and 43 small subunit of Ribosomal RNA gene sequences belong to different Theileria species and four Babesia spp. as well as two outgroup coccidians, Toxoplasma and Isospora. Different Theileria species are categorized in six clades (Q, Y, O, M, B and A) in addition to two outgroup clades for Babesia spp. and Coccidian spp.

Sequence	Accession number	Clade *	Identity percent **
T.equi	ab515315		90.1
T.equi	ay534882	Q	91.5
T.equi	eu888906		88.2
T.youngi	af245279		91.1
T.bicornis	af499604	Y	92.7
T.velifera	af097993		95.3
T.capreoli	ay726011		96.4
T.ovis	ay260171		97.3
T.ovis	ay260172		97.3
T.ovis	eu622911	O	97.1
T.ovis	ay533144		97.0
T.ovis	fj603460		97.4
T.mutans	af078815		94.2
T.mutans	fj213586	M	92.9
T.buffeli	dq287959		95.7
T.buffeli	ef126184		96.1
T.buffeli	af236094		95.9
T.buffeli	dq104611		95.9
T.buffeli	z15106		95.9
T.buffeli	af236097	B	95.9
T.buffeli	fj426360		96.6
T.sergenti	gu143088		92.1
T.sergenti	fj225392		95.5
T.sergenti	eu083803		95.8
T.separata	ay260175		95.4
T.orientalis	ab520958		95.9
T.sinensis	eu274472		96.0
T.parva	l02366		98.5
T.taurotragi	l19082		97.9
T.annulata	eu073963		99.8
T.annulata	eu083799		99.4
T.annulata	eu083800		99.8
T.annulata	eu083801	A	99.9
T.annulata	fj426369		99.2
T.annulata	dq287944		99.6
T.annulata , Iran Vaccine Strain	hm628581		id
T.annulata Iraq	hm628582		100.0
T.lestoquardi	AF081135		99.5
B.ovis	ay150058		85.3
B.motasi	ay533147	Babesia	87.0
B.divergens	AY572456		88.7
B.cabali	AY534883		87.6
Toxoplasma gondii	L37415	Coccidian	84.4
Isospora suis	U97523		83.3

^*The analyzed sequences were grouped in eight major clades, based on 18S rRNA gene sequences

^**Nucleotide identities are given in percentage