Table 2 Values of genetic distances K2P and percent of sequence identity based on alignment of the wsp gene among strains of Wolbachia in the Leva, Con, Unif and Pern groups (Supergroup B) and some strains (WNiv and wWhi) of Supergroup A

wLev

0.004^99.6

wLcy

0.017–0.021^97.9

–

wUnif

0.017–0.026^97.4

0.019^98.1

–

wInd

0.014–0.019^98.1

0.019^98.1

0.010^99.0

–

wSit

0.020–0.026^97.4

0.024^97.6

0.014

0.014

–

wCon

0.022–0.027^97.3

0.027^97.6

0.022^97.8

0.012

0.017^98.3

–

wGel

0.014–0.019^98.1

0.019^98.1

0.014

0.014

0.010

0.012

–

wStri

0.019–0.024^97.6

0.019^98.1

0.010

0.019

0.015

0.010

0.016

–

wPer

0.014–0.020⁹⁸

0.017^98.3

0.017

0.027

0.022^97.8

0.017

0.014

0.022

–

wNiv

0.234– 0.255^74.5

0.240⁷⁶

0.229^77.1

0.216

0.223⁷⁷

0.226

0.222

0.219

0.219^78.1

–

wWhi

0.174–0.178^86.6

0.167^83.3

0.183^81.7

0.176

0.173^82.7

0.179

0.173

0.176

0.173^82.7

0.136^86.4

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