Fig. 10.

ML phylogenetic reconstruction of Bartonella based on a 533 bp alignment of the 16S–23S ITS region. Substitution model: HKY+F with 10000 replicates. Node values correspond to bootstrap support, where values >0.7 are indicated by shaded circles. Bar, number of substitutions per nucleotide position. Sequences generated in the present study are in bold type. Taxa of interest are defined as bacteria related to known pathogens associated with ticks and other vectors described globally, as outlined in Egan et al. [18].