Table 5 Faith’s phylogenetic diversity (PD) of the A. phagocytophilum haplotypes associated to each vertebrate species investigated. A low PD value indicates a significant association between a haplotype and a vertebrate (marked with an asterisk)

Artiodactyla

Alces alces

35

22

0.10

Bos taurus

29

15

0.01*

Capra aegagrus

8

7

0.36

Capreolus capreolus

105

33

0.01*

Cervus elaphus

105

29

0.01*

Cervus nippon

7

7

0.41

Dama dama

15

8

0.12

Felis catus

4

4

0.54

Ovis aries

83

19

0.01*

Ovis musimon

16

11

0.02*

Rupicapra rupicapra

7

7

0.02*

Sus scrofa

5

3

0.01*

Aves

Turdus merula

3

2

0.94

Carnivora

Canis familiaris

34

13

0.05*

Mustela putorius

2

2

0.05*

Neotoma sp.

7

3

0.01*

Ursus arctos

2

2

0.32

Vulpes vulpes

7

2

0.02*

Erinaceomorpha

Erinaceus europaeus

8

2

0.01*

Erinaceus roumanicus

59

2

0.04*

Perissodactyla

Equus caballus

44

15

0.01*

Primates

Homo sapiens

8

4

0.46

Rodentia

Apodemus agrarius

5

3

0.01*

Myodes glareolus

25

3

0.38

Myodes rufocanus

4

3

0.01*

Myodes rutilus

4

2

0.05*

Soricomorpha

Sorex araneus

30

2

0.01*