Table 1. Tick Species, Genbank Accession Numbers Of Sequence Data Used To Design Diagnostic Primers, and Alignment Of Priming Region For Each Species.
| Species | Origin | Accession number | 16sDvF primer (nt 334–360) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dermacentor | AATGA-TTATTTGA-GAAAAATAC | |||
| D. albipictus | CA, USA | AF001231 | .....-.......-..-....... | Crosbie et al., 1998 |
| D. albipictus | WA, USA | AF001232 | . G...-. C.....-.. A....... | Crosbie et al., 1998 |
| D. albipictus | WA, USA | AF001233 | .....-. A.....-.. A....... | Crosbie et al., 1998 |
| D. albipictus | VA, USA | AY676458 | .....-. A..... G. G-....... | Unpublisheda |
| D. andersoni | KS, USA | L34299 | .....-. A......- TA....... | Black & Piesman, 1994 |
| D. halli | TX, USA | AF001247 | .....-........ A.-....... | Crosbie et al., 1998 |
| D. hunteri | CA, USA | AF001246 | .....-.... C...- A-....... | Crosbie et al., 1998 |
| D. imitans | Venezuela | AF001248 | .....-. A......-. A....... | Crosbie et al., 1998 |
| D. marginatus | unknown | Z97879 | .....-.... A...-......... | Mangold et al., 1997 |
| D. nitens | ID, USA | AF001249 | . T...-. A. C.... A......... | Crosbie et al., 1998 |
| D. occidentalis | CA, USA | AF001252 | .....-. A...... A.-....... | Crosbie et al., 1998 |
| D. variabilis | KS, USA | L34300 | .....-..........-....... | Black & Piesman, 1994 |
| D. variabilis | CA, USA | AY010235 | .....-. A.....-.. A....... | de la Fuenta et al., 2001 |
| D. variabilis | FL, USA | AY010237 | .....-..........-....... | de la Fuenta et al., 2001 |
| D. variabilis | VA, USA | AY010241 | .....-. C........-....... | de la Fuenta et al., 2001 |
| D. variabilis | ID, USA | AY010238 | .....-. A..... G.. A....... | de la Fuenta et al., 2001 |
| Haemaphysalis | ||||
| H. cretica | Iseral | L34308 | .....-.. T. A...-. A....... | Black & Piesman, 1994 |
| H. inermis | Slovak Rep | U95872 | .....-.... A... TT--...... | Norris, et al., 1999 |
| H. leporispalustris | Georgia | L34309 | .....-........-. T....... | Black & Piesman, 1994 |
| H. punctata | unknown | Z97880 | .....- A.. AA...-. T....... | Mangold et al., 1997 |
| Rhipicephalus | ||||
| R. appendiculatus | UK | L34301 | .....-... AA...--........ | Black & Piesman, 1994 |
| R. bursa | unknown | AJ002956 | .....-.... A...-.-....... | Marquez et al., 1997 |
| R. pusillus | unknown | AJ002957 | .....-... CA.. T--- T...... | Marquez et al., 1997 |
| R. sanguineus | Iseral | L34302 | .....-.... A.. T--- T...... | Black & Piesman, 1994 |
| R. sanguineus | unknown | Z97884 | .....-.... A.. T--- T...... | Mangold et al., 1997 |
| R. turanicus | Isreal | L34303 | .....-.... A.. T--- T...... | Black & Piesman, 1994 |
| Amblyomma | .. C. G- AC. C... G.-........ | |||
| A. americanum | KS, USA | L34313 | .. C. G- AC. C... G.-........ | Black & Piesman, 1994 |
| A. americanum | TX, USA | L34314 | . GC. G-. A. A... G- T........ | Black & Piesman, 1994 |
| A. cajennesse | OK, USA | L34317 | .... G-. A. AA...-......... | Black & Piesman, 1994 |
| A. glauerti | Australia | U95853 | . T.. G-........ A......... | Norris et al., 1999 |
| A. maculatum | OK, USA | AY676459 | . T.. G-.................. | Unpublisheda |
| A. macuatum | OK, USA | L34318 | . T.. G-... GA...- T........ | Black & Piesman, 1994 |
| A. ovale | Paraguay | AF541255 | . T.. G-... AA... AT........ | Guglielmone et al., 2003 |
| A. tuberculatum | GA, USA | U95856 | Norris, et al., 1999 | |
| Ixodes | . GA..-... AA...-......... | |||
| Ixodes scapularis | NC, USA | L43863 | .....-.......-..-....... | Black & Piesman, 1994 |
| 16sAmR Primer (nt 339–360) | ||||
| Amblyomma | CGG-ACACTTGG-AAAAAATAC | |||
| A. americanum | Brazil | AF541254 | G..- TA. AA.. A-TC....... | Guglielmone et al., 2003 |
| A. americanum | KS, USA | L34313 | ...-........-......... | Black & Piesman, 1994 |
| A. americanum | TX, USA | L34314 | ...-........-......... | Black & Piesman, 1994 |
| A. cajennesse | OK, USA | L34317 | ...- TA. A....- T........ | Black & Piesman, 1994 |
| A. glauerti | Australia | U95853 | T..- TA. AA.. A--........ | Norris, et al., 1999 |
| A. maculatum | OK, USA | AY676459 | T..- TT. T... A--G....... | Unpublisheda |
| A. macuatum | OK, USA | L34318 | T..- TT.T... A--........ | Black & Piesman, 1994 |
| A. ovale | Paraguay | AF541255 | T..- TT. GA.. A.AT....... | Guglielmone et al., 2003 |
| A. tuberculatum | GA, USA | U95856 | T..- TT. AA.. AA.T....... | Norris, et al., 1999 |
Species in bold were tested in this analysis. nt, nucleotide position based on the full-length 16S rRNA fragment.
Newly sequenced tick isolate used to optimize the PCR primers for the multiplex PCR analysis.