Table 3.
MLST allelic profiles of the Rickettsia found infecting five coenagrionid species from the UK. For any MLST gene locus, sequences with the same number are identical. A strain is defined as identity across all MLST loci
| Species | MLST allelic profiles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16S rRNA | gltA | ompA | atpA | coxA | Strain | |
| Coenagrion puella strain A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | A |
| C. puella strain B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | B |
| C. pulchellum strain A | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | A |
| C. pulchellum strain B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | B |
| C. mercuriale | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | A |
| Pyrrhosoma nymphula | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | C |
| Enallagma cyathigerum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | D |