TABLE 2.
BLAST identification of most common OTUs in the order Rickettsiales
| OTU no. | No. of ticks | No. of occurrences (%) | Top BLAST hit(s) |
% Identity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organism | Accession no. | ||||
| 332714 | 10 | 3,223 (56) | “Ca. Rickettsia amblyommii” | NR_074471.1, CP003334.1 | 100 |
| 38 | 5 | 915 (16) | “Ca. Midichloria mitochondrii” | NR_074492.1, JQ031634.1 | 100 |
| 7472 | 2 | 582 (10) | “Ca. Midichloria mitochondrii” | NR_074492.1, JQ031634.1 | 100 |
| 31 | 9 | 487 (8) | “Ca. Rickettsia amblyommii” | NR_074471.1, CP003334.1 | 99 |
| 15617 | 9 | 100 (2) | “Ca. Rickettsia amblyommii” | NR_074471.1 | 97 |
| Rickettsia massiliae | CP003319.1 | ||||
| 2108 | 8 | 77 (1) | “Ca. Rickettsia amblyommii” | NR_074471.1 | 97 |
| Rickettsia massiliae | CP003319.1 | ||||
| 13580 | 4 | 56 (1) | “Ca. Midichloria mitochondrii” | NR_074492.1, JQ031634.1 | 94 |
| 2465 | 1 | 44 (1) | Ehrlichia chaffeensis | NR_074500.1, AF416764.1 | 100 |