Table 4 Identities comparison of groEL gene and putative aa sequence between Ehrlichia mineirensis (UFMG-EV) and other members of Ehrlichia genus
Percent of nucleotide (nt) similarity* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. mineirensis(UFMG-EV) | E. canis | E. chaffeensis | E. ewingii | E. muris | E. ruminantium | |
Ehrlichia mineirensis (UFMG-EV) | *** | 97.2 (nt) | 92.3 (nt) | 91.0 (nt) | 92.0 (nt) | 87.3 (nt) |
Ehrlichia canis [U96731] | 99.0 (aa) | *** | 92.5 (nt) | 90.9 (nt) | 92.4 (nt) | 87.6 (nt) |
Ehrlichia chaffeensis [L10917] | 97.0 (aa) | 97.0 (aa) | *** | 91.7 (nt) | 94.3 (nt) | 87.8 (nt) |
Ehrlichia ewingii [AF195273] | 95.0 (aa) | 95.0 (aa) | 96.0 (aa) | *** | 91.5 (nt) | 88.0 (nt) |
Ehrlichia muris [AF210459] | 97.0 (aa) | 97.0 (aa) | 99.0 (aa) | 97.0 (aa) | *** | 87.3 (nt) |
Ehrlichia ruminantium [U13638] | 92.0 (aa) | 92.0 (aa) | 93.0 (aa) | 92.0 (aa) | 93.0 (aa) | *** |