Table 1.
Sequence Similarities Between the East Coast Rickettsia massiliae Specimen and R. massiliae Strains from European R. sanguineus Ticks
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Rickettsial genes |
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ompAa |
ompBb |
gene Dc |
gltAd |
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| Strain name | Country of origin | GenBank no. | Similarities | GenBank no. | Similarities | GenBank no. | Similarities | GenBank no. | Similarities |
| Bar29 | Spain | U43792.1 | 130/130 | AF123710.1 | 257/257 | AF155056.1 | 592/592 | U59720.1 | 350/350 |
| GS | Greece | U43793.1 | 129/130 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Mtu5 | France | CP000683.1 | 129/130 | CP000683.1 | 254/257 | CP000683.1 | 587/592 | CP000683.1 | 350/350 |
Primers used in this study: 190.547f: CCT GCC GAT AAT TAT ACA GGT TTA and 190.701r: GTT CCG TTA ATG GCA GCA T (Ermeeva et al. 2003).
Primers used in this study: 4362pOut: GTC AGC GTT ACT TCT TCG ATG C; 4836nOut: CCG TAC TCC ATC TTA GCA TCA G; 4496pln: CCA ATG GCA GGA CTT AGC TAC T; and 4762nln: AGG CTG GCT GAT ACA CGG AGT AA (Choi et al. 2005).
Primers used in this study: D767f: CGA TGG TAG CAT TAA AAG CT and D1390r: CTT GCT TTT CAG TAT CAC (Sekeyova et al. 2001).
Primers used in this study: RpCS.877P: GGG GGC CTG CTC ACG GCG G and RpCS.1258N: ATT GCA AAA AGT ACA GTG AAC A (Regnery et al. 1991).
Numbers represent the number of nucleotides in common.