Table 2.

Heat Shock Operon groESL and 16S rRNA Gene Variants of A. phagocytophilum in Roe Deer from Different Districts of Poland

Gene	No. of isolates	No. of samples	Site of study	Genetic variant
16S rRNA	10	12, 13, 17, 18, 33, 34, 41, 45, 48, 49	North-central Poland (Wielkopolskie)	A
	2	61, 63	East-central Poland (Mazowieckie, Podlaskie)	A
	8	2, 27, 36, 38, 39, 44, 54, 55	Wielkopolskie	B
groESL	9	12, 13, 17, 34, 41, 45, 48, 49, 55	North-central Poland (Wielkopolskie)	C
	2	61, 63	East-central Poland (Mazowieckie, Podlaskie)	C
	9	2, 18, 27, 33, 36, 38, 39, 44, 54	North-central Poland (Wielkopolskie)	D

Isolates common for genetic variants A (16S rRNA) and C (groESL) or B (16S rRNA) and D (groESL) are shown in bold.