Table 7.
Multilocus genotyping (MLG) and subtypes in Giardia duodenalis assemblage A–positive of Iranian isolates according to sequencing data from tpi (triosephosphate isomerase), bg (β -giardin), and gdh (glutamate dehydrogenase) loci.
| MLG | Subtype |
No. of isolates (isolate code) |
GenBank accession no | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tpi | bg | gdh | tpi | bg | gdh | ||
| AII-1 | A2 | A2 | A2 | 4 (IGT8, 19, 31, 41) | U57897, LC183919, LC183930, LC183942, LC183951 | AY072723, LC183974, LC183985, LC183997, LC184007 | L40510, AY178737, LC184427, LC184437, LC184449, LC184458 |
| AII-1N | A2 n | A2 | A2 | 1 (IGT29) | LC183940 | AY072723, LC183995 | L40510, AY178737, LC184447 |
| AII-5 | A2 | A3 | A2 | 17 (IGT2, 11–14, 20–22, 25-26, 30, 37, 39–40, 143; IGR81, 287) | U57897, LC183914, LC183922–5, LC183931–3, LC183936–7, LC183941, LC183948, LC183949–50, LC183958, LC183954, LC183963 | AY072724, LC183968, LC183977–80, LC183986–8, LC183991–2, LC183996, LC184003, LC184005–6, LC184016, LC184011, LC184023 | L40510, AY178737, LC184424, LC184430–3, LC184438–40, LC184443–4, LC184448, LC184454, LC184456–7, LC184465, LC184462, LC184470 |
| AII-5* | A2 | A3* | A2 | 2 (IGT9, IGA340) | U57897, LC183920, LC183965 | KC313948, LC183975, LC184025 | L40510, AY178737, LC184428, LC184472 |
Superscript n indicates a novel nucleotide sequence in A2. *Indicates the nucleotide substitution in the A3 sequence.