TABLE 2.

Nucleotide sequence identities between 16S rRNA genes of Venezuelan ehrlichiae and other agents

Source	% Gene sequence identitya for:
	E. canis strain						E. chaffeensis	E. ewingii	E. platys
	VDE	Oklahoma	Florida	611	Gzh982	Germishuys
E. canis VDEb
E. canis Oklahomacd	99.9
E. canis Floridacd	99.5	99.5
E. canis 611cd	99.8	99.7	99.2
E. canis Gzh982cd	99.5	99.5	98.9	99.3
E. canis Germishuyscd	99.6	99.5	99.0	99.4	99.1
E. chaffeensisd	97.7	97.6	97.2	97.5	97.2	97.3
E. ewingiid	96.6	96.5	96.9	96.4	96.2	96.2	97.0
E. platysd	88.0	87.9	87.4	87.8	87.4	87.6	88.6	87.9
N. helminthoecad	80.7	80.8	79.1	80.4	78.9	79.0	81.2	79.1	79.8

^aThe values are percent 16S rRNA gene sequences identities for 1,304 bases which can be unambiguously aligned (bases 17 to 1,320 in the E. canis Venezuela). 

^bVenezuelan human, dog, and tick ehrlichias (reference 23 and the present study). 

^cThe sources of sequences are indicated in Table 1. 

^dGenBank accession numbers are shown in Materials and Methods.