TABLE 3.

Homology between obtained sequences and reference sequences in GenBank.

Genus	No. of tested samples	Species obtained after sequencing	No. of samples obtained after sequencing	Percentage of identity	Reference sequence
Borrelia	80	Bo. afzelii	43	100	GU826786 (n = 17)
				100	MK922620 (n = 1)
				100	MF150051 (n = 3)
				99	CP018262 (n = 11)
				99	MH102392 (n = 11)
		Bo. garinii	12	100	D89899 (n = 5)
				100	KU672556 (n = 6)
				99	MK604255 (n = 1)
		Bo. lusitaniae	9	100	MK604255 (n = 5)
				99	MK604255 (n = 4)
		Bo. spielmanii	5	100	MK604300 (n = 5)
		Bo. valaisiana	4	100	MK604286 (n = 2)
				99	MK604286 (n = 1)
				99	CP009117 (n = 1)
		Bo. bavariensis/Bo. garinii	5	100	CP028872/DQ650333 (n = 1)
				99	CP028872/DQ650333 (n = 4)
		Bo. miyamotoi	2	99	CP044783 (n = 2)
Anaplasma	53	A. phagocytophilum	53	100	MF372791 (n = 53)
Rickettsia	44	R. helvetica	40	100	MF673859 (n = 1)
				100	MF6738 (n = 16)
				100	KY231199 (n = 22)
				99	KY231199 (n = 1)
		R. monacensis	3	100	JX003686 (n = 3)
		R. aeschlimannii	1	100	AY259084 (n = 1)