TABLE 4.

Detection of Chlamydiaceae in northern gannet samples using qPCR

ompA sequence group and DNA sample identificationa	Cq
	23S-qPCR Chlamydiaceae	incA-qPCR C. psittaci	ompA-qPCR C. psittaci
Group 1
12-1761_J075	23.6	25.3	32.1
12-3998_AN085	26.6	28.4	36.5
12-3998_AO014	23.5	25.3	34.4
12-3998_AO024*	19.6	21.2	29.9
12-3998_AO054	23.2	24.9	33.4
13-2791_BC038	20.3	21.8	30.3
13-2791_BC061	28.5	29.3	39.4
13-2791_BC064†	34.0	35.1	Negb
14-1437_C075†	37.3	39.0	Neg
14-1437_C098†	36.4	38.0	Neg
Group 2
12-1761_J084	31.8	32.7	29.5
12-3998_AO022	24.6	26.4	25.2
12-3998_AO029	25.4	26.9	25.7
12-3998_AO074	30.0	31.9	30.3
12-3998_AO075*	23.7	25.7	24.4
13-2791_BC036	27.9	28.8	29.5
13-2791_BC063†	35.1	35.2	36.3
13-2791_BC065	26.2	26.9	27.4
13-2791_BC073‡	25.0	26.2	26.5

^a*, arbitrarily designed type sample for each group; †, no ompA amplification for sequencing; ‡, for this bird a second swab was taken and identified as 13-2791_BC076.

^bNeg, negative.