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Table 4 Polymorphism in the fragment of the groESL heat shock operon in A. phagocytophilum isolates from ticks and human pathogenic strains (sequences published in GenBank)

From: Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae infections in Ixodes ricinus ticks from urban and natural forested areas of Poland

Strain/genetic variant

Nucleotide positions 5’ → 3’a

Quality of habitat/country

No. of isolates (reference no. of samples)/site of study

GenBank acc. number

Host/vector found in other studies (only 100% homology; nucleotide sequences deposited in GenBank)

167

398

401

431

476

486

497

511

561

776

821

836

837

840

845

857

872

890

923

956

965

980

992

1049

1085

1088

1112

1229

1244

This study

I

G

A

A

G

C

G

T

C

A

C

C

A

C

T

A

C

C

G

C

C

G

T

T

C

A

C

C

A

T

urban/Poland

9 (29, 37, 38, 47, 57, 62, 67, 71, 73)/ Bielański Forest

KF312357

dog (EU381151); I. ricinus (EU381152)

II

G

A

A

G

C

G

C

C

A

C

C

A

C

T

A

C

C

T

C

T

G

T

T

T

A

C

C

G

C

1 (64)/ Bielański Forest

KF312360

red deer (Cervus elaphus, HM057225); I. ricinus (KF383239)

III

G

A

A

A

C

G

T

C

A

C

C

A

C

T

A

C

C

T

C

T

G

T

T

T

A

C

C

G

C

natural/Poland

2(85, 90)/BNP

KF312358

I. ricinus (AY281831)

IV

G

A

A

G

A

A

T

G

A

C

C

A

C

T

A

C

C

G

C

C

G

T

T

C

A

C

C

A

T

2(39, 54)/BNP

KF312355

n. m. b

V

G

A

A

G

C

G

C

C

A

C

C

A

C

T

A

C

C

G

C

T

G

T

T

T

A

C

C

A

T

1(73)/BNP

KF312359

n. m b

VI

A

A

A

G

C

G

C

C

A

C

C

A

C

T

A

C

C

G

C

T

G

T

T

C

A

C

C

G

C

1(283)/BNP

KF312361

n.m b

VII

G

G

A

G

C

G

T

C

A

C

A

G

G

G

T

T

T

G

G

C

A

A

C

T

G

C

T

G

C

2(6, 153)/KNP

KF312356

roe deer (Capreolus capreolus, AF478560); I. ricinus (EU552914)

A. phagocytophilum strains pathogenic for human

G

A

G

G

C

G

T

C

G

C

C

A

A

T

A

C

C

G

C

C

A

T

T

C

G

A

T

G

C

USA

 

U96728

 

G

A

A

G

C

G

T

C

G

C

C

A

A

T

A

C

C

G

C

C

A

T

T

C

G

A

T

G

C

USA

AF172159

A

A

A

G

C

G

T

C

G

T

C

A

A

T

A

C

C

G

C

C

G

T

T

C

A

C

C

A

T

Slovenia

AF033101

G

A

G

G

C

G

T

C

G

C

C

A

A

T

A

C

C

G

C

C

A

T

T

C

G

A

T

G

C

USA

JF494839

  1. aThe number corresponds to the positions of nucleotide substitutions relative to the sequence of the groESL heat shock operon of the human pathogenic A. phagocytophilum strain (U96728). Base substitutions are shown in bold.
  2. bNo match has been found in GenBank.
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