Table 3.
Genetic identification of Sarcocystis spp. detected in watershed samples using nested PCR.
| Species | GenBank Acc. No. (Length, bp) |
Sequence Similarity, % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comparing Obtained Sequences with Each Other | Comparing Obtained Sequences and Those of the Same Species Available in GenBank | Comparing Obtained Sequences with Those of Most Closely Related Species |
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| S. bovifelis | ON211315-18 (361) | 99.7–100 | 99.5–100 | S. bovini 93.1–94.5 |
| S. cruzi | ON211319-22 (248) | 98.8–100 | 98.0–99.6 | S. alceslatrans 85.1–86.8 |
| S. hirsuta | ON211323-26 (254) | 99.6–100 | 98.4–100 | S. buffalonis 92.8–93.2 |
| S. arieticanis | ON211327-30 (325) | 99.7–100 | 92.3–99.4 | S. hircicanis 86.2–87.4 |
| S. tenella | ON211331-34 (263) | 99.2–100 | 96.2–100 | S. capracanis 91.3–93.2 |
| S. capracanis | ON211335-38 (284) | 99.7–100 | 96.8–99.7 | S. tenella 90.4–92.9 |
| S. bertrami | ON211339-42 (554) | 99.1–99.8 | 97.5–99.8 | S. bovifelis 77.0–78.4 |
| S. miescheriana | ON211343-46 (428) | 99.5–100 | 93.9–99.5 | S. rangiferi 79.6–80.2 |