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. 2014 May 29;8(5):e2852. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002852

Table 1. Toxoplasma gondii alleles detected in 85 domestic and wild terrestrial carnivores from the central California coast.

Carnivore Speciesa [ID number (s)] Sample type B1 allele SAG1 allele SAG3 allele GRA6 allele L358 allele Apico allele Multi-locus genotypeb Land Usec
Type I Reference I I I I I I I
Type II Reference II or III II or III II or X II II II II
Type II Reference II or III II or III II or X II II I II
Type III Reference II or III II or III III III III III III
Type X Reference X X II or X X I I X
FC [1] Tongue I - d - - - I I D
Bobcat [1] Tongue I - - - - - - D
ML [1] Brain I - - - - - - D
FC [2], [3] Brain I - - - - - - D
Fox [1] Brain I - - - - - - U
FC [4]-[11], Fox [2] Culture II or III II or III II or X II II II II D
FC [12], Fox [3] Culture II or III II or III II or X II II II II U
FC [13] Culture II or III II or III II-drift 1 II II I II D
FC [1], [14]–[16], Fox [4] Culture II or III II or III II or X II II I II D
Bobcat [2] Tongue II or III - II or X II - I II NA
FC [17] Tongue II or III II or III II or X II - - II D
Bobcat [3] Tongue II or III - II or X - - - II D
Fox [5] Brain II or III - II-drift 2 - - - II D
FC [18]-[22] Tongue II or III - - II - - II D
FC [23]-[28] Tongue II or III - - - - - - D
Fox [6] Tongue II or III - - - - - - U
Bobcat [4] Brain X X II or X X I I X NA
Fox [7], ML [2] Brain X X II or X X I I X U
FC [29] Tongue X X II or X X - I X U
Fox [8], [9] Tongue X X - X - - X U
Bobcat [5], ML [3] Tongue X - - X - I X U
FC [30]-[33] Tongue X X - X - - X D
FC [34], [35] Tongue X - - X - - X NA
FC [36] Tongue X - - X - - X D
Fox [10], ML [4] Tongue X - - X - - X U
Bobcat [6] Tongue X - - X - - X U
ML [5] Brain X - - X - - X D
Fox [11], [12], ML [6] Brain X - - X - - X U
Bobcat [7], Coyote [1] Brain X - - X - - X U
Bobcat [8] Tongue X - II or X - - - X D
Bobcat [9], FC [37] Tongue X - II or X - - - X U
FC [38], ML [7] Brain X - II or X - - - X D
ML [8], [9] Brain X - - - - - - D
FC [39], [40] Tongue Unique 1 - - - - - - NA
FC [41], [42] Tongue Unique 1 - - - - - - D
Bobcat [10], [11],FC[43] Tongue Unique 1 - - - - - - U
FC [44], [45] Brain Unique 1 - - - - - - D
Fox [13] Tongue Unique 2 X II or X X - I Atypical D
Fox [14] Brain Unique 2 II or III II or X - - - Atypical U
FC [46], [47], ML [10] Tongue Unique 2 - - - - - - D
FC [48] Tongue I - II or X - - I Atypical D
FC [49] Tongue X II or III - II - I Atypical D
a

FC  =  Feral cat: free-ranging, unowned domestic cats. ML  =  Mountain lion: wild felids of the species Puma concolor, also commonly called cougars or pumas.

b

Multi-locus genotypes refer to strains consistent with Type I, II, X or Atypical strains based on the alleles at six target loci determined by concatenated sequence and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) genotyping data. Toxoplasma gondii DNA was amplified from postmortem brain or tongue tissue samples or from tachyzoite-infected cell cultures of brain tissue by nested PCR analyses. Genotypes consistent with Type I, II, or X based on fewer than six alleles may be atypical genotypes.

c

Predominant land use was characterized for each carnivore based on sampling location (animals sampled 2006–2009). D  =  predominantly developed urban, rural, and agricultural lands, U  =  predominantly undeveloped lands including forests, woodlands, grasslands, shrublands, and wetlands, NA  =  no spatial data available.

d

(-)  =  PCR was performed, but T. gondii DNA was not amplified.