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Table 4 Anaplasmataceae species detected in ticks from Ecuador

From: Investigation of tick-borne bacteria (Rickettsia spp., Anaplasma spp., Ehrlichia spp. and Borrelia spp.) in ticks collected from Andean tapirs, cattle and vegetation from a protected area in Ecuador

Bacterium (no.)

Host/sampling

No. and stage of tick species

Gene

msp2

16S rRNA

16S rRNA (EHR)

16S rRNA (GEP)

Pan-bacterial 16S rRNA

Maximum % identity (bp)

GenBank acc. no.

Maximum % identity (bp)

GenBank acc. no.

Maximum % identity (bp)

GenBank acc. no.

Maximum % identity (bp)

GenBank acc. no.

Maximum % identity (bp)

GenBank acc. no.

A. phagocytophilum or closely related genotypes (10)

Tapir

1F A. multipunctum

99.3 (290/292)

CP000235

ND

 

ND

 

ND

 

NP

 

Farm 1, Cow 1

3F R. microplus

96.6-98.3 (280-285/290)

FJ600595

ND

 

ND

 

ND

 

NP

 
 

2F R. microplus

97.9 (284/290)

CP000235

ND

 

ND

 

ND

 

NP

 
 

1F R. microplus

96.6 (282/292)

AY164493

100 (497/497)

JF893938

ND

 

ND

 

NP

 
 

1F R. microplus

96.5 (278/288)

AY164493

ND

 

ND

 

ND

 

NP

 
 

1F R. microplus

96.9 (281/290)

FJ600595

100 (497/497)

JF893938

ND

 

ND

 

NP

 

Vegetation

1M A. multipunctum

99.3 (289/291)

AY626255

ND

 

ND

 

ND

 

NP

 

A. marginale (2)

Farm 1, Cow 2

1F R. microplus

ND

 

ND

 

100 (305/305)

CP001079

100 (297/297)

CP001079

100 (1129/1129)

CP000030

JN558818

JN558818

DQ648489

EU436153

CP001759

 

Farm 1, Cow 3

1F R. microplus

ND

 

ND

 

100 (305/305)

CP001079

100 (297/297)

CP001079

100 (1129/1129)

CP000030

JN558818

JN558818

DQ648489

EU436153

CP001759

Anaplasma spp. (3)

Farm 1, Cow 2

1M R. microplus

ND

 

ND

 

100 (305/305)

CP001079

ND

 

99.4 (1222/1229)

JQ480818*

JN558818

DQ648489

CP001759

 

Farm 1, Cow 3

1M R. microplus

ND

 

ND

 

100 (305/305)

CP001079

100 (297/297)

CP001079

99.4 (1222/1229)

JQ480818*

JN558818

JN558818

DQ648489

EU436153

CP001759

 

Farm 2, Cow 1

1F R. microplus

ND

 

ND

 

ND

 

100 (297/297)

CP001079

99.4 (1222/1229)

JQ480818*

JN558818

EU436153

  1. *Coxiella endosymbiont of Rhipicephalus turanicus isolate DGGE.
  2. A. phagocytophilum: Anaplasma phagocytophilum; A. multipunctum: Amblyomma multipunctum; A. marginale: Anaplasma marginale; R.: Rhipicephalus; M: male; F: Female; ND: Not detected; NP: Not performed; CP001079-CP000030: Anaplasma marginale sequences from GenBank; JN558818: Anaplasma ovis sequence from GenBank; DQ648489-EU436153: Anaplasma phagocytophilum sequences from GenBank; CP001759: Anaplasma centrale sequence from GenBank.