TABLE 1.
Nucleotide differences among 16S rRNA genes of E. canis from different sources
| E. canis strains | Nucleotide at positiona:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 199 | 226 | 355 | 700 | 849 | 882 | 918 | 953 | 980 | 1081 | 1239 | 1265 | 1308 | |
| VDEb | G | G | C | C | A | G | A | C | A | A | C | C | G |
| VTEc | • | • | • | / | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| VHEd | • | • | • | • | • | •m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Oklahomae | A | • | • | • | • | •m | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Floridaf | A | • | • | • | • | − | • | • | • | • | • | T | • |
| 611g | • | • | • | • | − | • | • | • | C | • | • | • | A |
| Gzh982h | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | T | • | • |
| Germishuysi | • | • | − | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Gxht67h | A | A | • | T | • | • | G | • | • | G | / | / | / |
| Gdt3h | A | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | / | / | / |
| 95E10j | / | / | / | / | • | • | • | T | • | • | • | • | • |
| Okinawak | • | • | • | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| Venezuelal | • | • | • | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
Bullets represent positions conserved relative to the sequence based on VDE. The shill symbol (“/”) indicates the sequences were unavailable.
Venezuelan dog culture isolate in this study.
E. canis cDNA from R. sanguineus ticks from Venezuela in this study.
Venezuelan Human culture isolate (23).
E. canis type strain culture isolated from a dog in Oklahoma (2).
E. canis culture isolated from a dog in Florida (2).
E. canis culture isolated from a dog in Israel.
E. canis DNA from a dog in The People's Republic of China (13).
E. canis DNA from a sheep in South Africa (1).
E. canis DNA from a dog in Virginia.
E. canis DNA from a dog in Okinawa, Japan (30).
E. canis DNA from a dog in Venezuela (29).
Corrected bases based on the sequence data that were obtained by resequencing in the present study.