Table 4.
Sequence similarities of the gltA and rpoB genes in representative isolates from M. fuliginosus in Japan and closest type strains of Bartonella species.
| Genotype | Strain |
gltA |
rpoB |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Closest species | % similarity | Closest species | % similarity | ||
| I | bat2-1 | B. quintana FullerT | 91.0% | B. callosciuri BR11-1T | 88.7% |
| II | bat23-1 | B. capreoli IBS193T | 91.0% | B. melophagi K-2CR | 88.4% |
| III | bat8-3 | B. quintana FullerT | 91.0% | B. melophagi K-2CR | 88.5% |
| IV | bat43-1 | B. capreoli IBS193T | 91.3% | B. melophagi K-2CR | 88.4% |
| V | bat24-1 | B. rochalimae BMGH T | 87.2% | B. quintana FullerT | 89.1% |