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Table 2 Genetic polymorphism indexes between different Blastocystis sequences

From: Can the pyruvate: ferredoxin oxidoreductase (PFOR) gene be used as an additional marker to discriminate among Blastocystis strains or subtypes?

Marker

No. of sequences

Ha

Hdb

πc ± SDd

θe ± SD

Tajima’s D (P-value)

18S rDNA

 ST1

10

6

0.867

0.0293 ± 0.0157

0.0470 ± 0.0199

-1.9031 (≤ 0.05)

 ST2

6

5

0.933

0.0201 ± 0.0109

0.0258 ± 0.0129

-1.3898 (≥ 0.10)

 ST3

13

8

0.894

0.0045 ± 0.001

0.0055 ± 0.0028

-0.6024 (≥ 0.10)

PFOR

 Clade I

10

8

0.956

0.0311 ± 0.0117

0.0457 ± 0.0199

-1.7406 (≤ 0.05)

 Clade II

4

4

1.000

0.0655 ± 0.0137

0.0635 ± 0.0350

-0.5006 (≥ 0.10)

 Clade III

6

5

0.933

0.0079 ± 0.0027

0.0098 ± 0.0052

-1.2217 (≥ 0.10)

  1. aH, number of haplotypes
  2. bHd, haplotype diversity
  3. cπ, nucleotide diversity
  4. dSD, standard deviation
  5. eθ, haplotype polymorphism