Prevalence and molecular identification of Borrelia spirochetes in Ixodes granulatus ticks collected from Rattus losea on Kinmen Island of Taiwan

Table 4 Sequence similarity between 5S ( rrf )-23S ( rrl ) gene sequences from Taiwan strains of Borrelia detected in Ixodes granulatus ticks and strains of other genospecies of Borrelia

Genospecies and strain^a	B31	TWKM5	KH5	KN11	KH13	UK	OG1	HN6	QLZSP1	KC44	KH74	KS61	KS62	20047	VS461	DN127	CMN1a
Bb ss B31	-	99.1	99.1	97.2	97.7	89.3	90.7	90.7	90.7	90.7	90.2	90.7	90.2	93.0	86.0	92.1	81.8
Bb ss TWKM5		-	100	98.1	98.6	90.2	90.7	90.7	90.7	90.7	90.2	90.7	90.2	93.0	86.0	92.1	81.8
KH5			-	98.1	98.6	90.2	90.7	90.7	90.7	90.7	90.2	90.7	90.2	93.0	86.0	92.1	81.8
KN11				-	98.6	89.3	89.7	89.7	89.7	89.7	89.3	89.7	89.3	92.1	85.5	90.2	79.9
KH13					-	88.8	89.3	89.3	89.3	89.3	88.8	89.3	88.8	91.6	84.6	90.7	81.3
Bv UK						-	95.8	95.8	95.8	95.8	96.3	95.8	95.8	93.0	87.4	88.3	80.8
Bv OG1							-	100	100	99.1	99.5	99.1	99.1	93.5	88.3	87.9	80.4
Bv HN6								-	100	99.1	99.5	99.1	99.1	93.5	88.3	87.9	80.4
Bv QLZSP1									-	99.1	99.5	99.1	99.1	93.5	88.3	87.9	80.4
KC44										-	99.5	100	99.1	93.5	88.3	88.8	81.3
KH74											-	99.5	99.5	93.0	87.9	88.3	80.8
KS61												-	99.1	93.5	88.3	88.8	81.3
KS62													-	93.0	87.9	88.3	80.8
Bg 20047														-	90.7	90.7	82.7
Ba VS461															-	85.5	82.7
Bbis DN127																-	79.9
Bs CMN1a																	-

^aStrains: B31 and TWKM5, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto (Bbss); UK, OG1, HN6 and QLZSP1, B. valaisiana (Bv); 20047, B. garinii (Bg); VS461, B. afzelii (Ba); DN127, B. bissettii (Bbis); CMN1a, B. sinica (Bs).

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