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Table 5 Pairwise genetic identities of long 18S rRNA gene sequences from this study compared to the most closely related unnamed and named species in GenBank

From: Endemic, exotic and novel apicomplexan parasites detected during a national study of ticks from companion animals in Australia

Species name (Accession number)

Sequence length (bp)

Most similar unnamed species

Most similar named species

Closest relative to described species (Accession number)

Pairwise identity between the most closely related named species

Partial 18S alignment trimmed to this study’s sequence length

Near full-length 18S alignment

Percentage differences (%)c

Sequence name (Accession number)

Pairwise identity to this study’s sequence (%)

Sequence name (Accession number)

Pairwise identity to this study’s sequence (%)

Alignment length (bp)

Pairwise identity (%)

Alignment length (bp)

Pairwise identity (%)

Babesia lohae n. sp. (MG593272)

1430

Babesia sp. isolate BP7 (MG251436)

100

Babesia orientalis strain DaYe (HQ840969)

96.4

Babesia occultans isolate 58 (HQ331478)

1430

99.2

1577

99.1

-0.1

Babesia mackerrasorum n. sp. (MG593271)

1431

Babesia sp. Kashi 2 (AY726557)

96.5

Babesia sp. ALT-2012 strain 3 NSW (JQ437265)a

98.3

Babesia orientalis strain DaYe (HQ840969)

1430

97.3

1634

97.9

0.6

Hepatozoon banethi n. sp. (MG758137)b

1679

Hepatozoon sp. DG1 (FJ719813)

97.8

Hemolivia stellata (KP881349)

96.6

Hepatozoon ayorgbor (EF157822)

1681

96.9

1775

97.0

0.1

Hepatozoon ewingi n. sp. (MG593275)

1680

Hepatozoon sp. DG1 (FJ719813)

96.3

Hemolivia stellata (KP881349)

95.7

Hepatozoon ayorgbor (EF157822)

1666

96.9

1775

97.0

0.1

Theileria apogeana n. sp. (MG758116)

1480

Theileria sp. K1 (JQ682879)

96.5

Theileria bicornis (AF499604)

92.2

Cytauxzoon felis (AF399930)

1498

93.7

1676

93.4

-0.3

Theileria palmeri n. sp. (MG758112)b

1506

Theileria sp. (MF576261)

95.8

Theileria bicornis (AF499604)

92.1

Cytauxzoon felis (AF399930)

1509

93.6

1676

93.4

-0.2

Theileria paparinii n. sp. (MG758115)

1496

Theileria sp. K1 (JQ682879)

98.9

Theileria uilenbergi isolate Li 2 (JF719835)

92.3

Theileria cervi isolate Wisconsin elk 3 clone 16 (AY735129)d

1480

97.2

1664

97.3

0.1

Theileria worthingtonorum n. sp. (MG758114)b

1504

Theileria sp. (MF576261)

98.3

Theileria bicornis (AF499604)

93.3

Cytauxzoon felis (AF399930)

1512

93.7

1676

93.4

-0.3

  1. a Babesia macropus
  2. bThe longest 18S sequence was selected for the pairwise genetic distance analyses
  3. cPercentage differences between pairwise identities of trimmed and near full-length 18S alignment
  4. dComplete 18S sequence