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) |
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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 |