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. 2014 Mar;80(6):1838–1847. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03793-13

TABLE 3.

Distribution of epsilonproteobacterial 23S rRNA genes in the clone library of shorebird excreta from Delaware Bay

Epsilonproteobacteria contig NCBI data (accession no.; % coverage, % identity) No. of clones (% total clones)
Ruddy turnstone (n = 378) Red knot (n = 533) Semipalmated sandpiper (n = 503)
21 Campylobacter lari (AB287302.2; 99, 100), C. jejuni (GQ167701.1; 99, 97), C. coli (FJ517580.1; 99, 97) 145 (38.4) 54 (10.1) 131 (26.0)
22 C. fetus (CP000487.1; 100, 91), C. hominis (CP000776.1; 100, 91) 161 (42.6) 0 0
25 C. fetus (CP000487.1; 100, 93), C. hyointestinalis (X67761.1; 100, 92), C. hominis (CP000776.1; 100, 90) 0 399 (74.9) 252 (50.1)
23 Helicobacter anseris (DQ418749.1; 100, 92), H. pametensis (AY596230.1; 100, 92), H. pylori (CP002980.1; 100, 87) 60 (15.9) 0 96 (19.1)
41 H. pametensis (AY596230.1; 100, 99), H. pylori (CP002980.1; 100, 87) 1 75 (14.1) 18 (3.6)
26 Uncultured Epsilonproteobacteria (HQ729157.1; 97, 97), Sulfurovum sp. (AP009179.1; 99, 96), Arcobacter sp. (AP012048.1; 100, 86) 2 4 0