Desmozoon lepeophtherii n. gen., n. sp., (Microsporidia: Enterocytozoonidae) infecting the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Copepoda: Caligidae)

Table 1 Percentage divergence of SSU rDNA sequences for members of the Enterocytozoonidae and related taxa.

	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10.	11.
1. Desmozoon lepeophtherii		0.202	0.183	0.188	0.118	0.112	0.100	0.114	0.116	0.251	0.256
2. Enterocytozoon bieneusi (human)	827		0.015	0.202	0.167	0.169	0.195	0.174	0.184	0.223	0.261
3. Enterocytozoon bieneusi (bird)	458	845		0.137	0.147	0.147	0.179	0.151	0.143	0.203	0.239
4. Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei	690	819	607		0.171	0.171	0.203	0.174	0.164	0.233	0.264
5. Nucleospora salmonis (CS)	851	1247	855	836		0.001	0.121	0.003	0.005	0.212	0.249
6. Nucleospora salmonis (RT)	845	1228	855	836	1250		0.120	0.003	0.005	0.214	0.249
7. Nucleospora sp. (ES)	847	1228	853	839	1247	1246		0.123	0.141	0.226	0.254
8. Nucleospora salmonis (AS)	814	1199	854	835	1220	1219	1216		0.009	0.221	0.253
9. Nucleospora salmonis (AH)	671	756	561	774	776	776	775	775		0.247	0.256
10. Microsporidium sp. (DP)	872	1246	854	834	1270	1245	1244	1215	772		0.030
11. Microsporidium sp. clone B	708	1059	826	834	1076	1076	1074	1075	773	1079

Distances (percentage divergence/100) above the diagonal and number of bases of SSU rDNA analysed below the diagonal
AH = Atlantic halibut; AS = Atlantic salmon; CS = chinook salmon; DP = Daphnia; ES = English sole; RT = rainbow trout

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