Table 3. Summary of Bartonella ssrA genotypes identified in rodent spleens and fleas from Moshi, Tanzania.

ssrA genotypes	ssrA Group	Rodent species and number of positive samples	Flea species and number of positive samples	Closest Bartonella species (GenBank ID)a	% similarity to closest Bartonella spp. (number of base pair identities/ total base pair length)
1s	As	11 * R. rattus (MN25672)	11 * X. cheopis (MN25673)	B.tribocorum (MF765681)	99 (240/244)
2s	As	-	1 * X. cheopis (MN25674)	B.tribocorum (MF765681)	99 (217/222)
3s	As	1 * R. rattus (MN25675)	1 * X. cheopis (MN25676)	B.tribocorum (MF765681)	99 (228/233)
4s	As	1 * R. rattus (MN25677)	-	B.tribocorum (MF765681)	99 (239/244)
5s	As	1 * R. rattus (MN25678)	1 * X. cheopis (MN25679)	B.tribocorum (MF765681)	98 (237/244)
6s	Bs	1* M. natalensis (MN25680)	-	B.elizabethae (MF765617)	99 (222/224)
7s	Cs	1 * R. rattus (MN25681)	1 * X. cheopis (MN25682)	B.tribocorum (MF765675)	99 (242/244)
8s	Cs	1 * R. rattus (MN25683)	-	B.tribocorum (MF765675)	99 (239/244)
9s	Cs	1 * R. rattus (MN25684)	-	B.tribocorum (MF765675)	99 (236/237)
10s	Cs	18 * R. rattus (MN25685)	9 * X. cheopis (MN25686)	B.tribocorum (MF765675)	100 (244/244)
11s	Ds	8 * R. rattus (MN25687)	15 * X. cheopis (MN25688)	B.rochalimae (MF765651)	100 (246/246)
12s	Es	1* P. flavovottis (MN25689)	-	B.quintana (HG518998)	98 (233/239)

The number of individuals of each rodents (n = 45) and fleas (n = 39) species from which each genotype was obtained are shown, as well as data on % similarity to reference Bartonella species sequences, with the number of base pair identities indicated in parentheses. The Genbank accession numbers for each genotype are also indicated in parentheses in columns 2 and 3.

^a The closest reference sequences to the study sequences were selected from fully characterized sequences in Genbank obtained from cultures.