Table 7 The mean pairwise distance (MPD) of A. phagocytophilum haplotypes found in different vertebrate species. MPD-C is the comparison of MPD against null communities

Alces alces

22

1.19

− 1.20

0.12

Bos taurus

15

0.62

− 5.71

0.01*

Capra aegagrus

7

1.35

0.03

0.49

Capreolus capreolus

33

0.91

− 7.44

0.01*

Cervus elaphus

29

0.96

− 5.59

0.01*

Cervus nippon

7

1.32

− 0.04

0.45

Dama dama

8

1.03

− 1.64

0.08

Ovis aries

19

0.77

− 5.50

0.01*

Ovis musimon

11

0.72

− 4.39

0.01*

Rupicapra rupicapra

7

0.79

− 2.69

0.02*

Sus scrofa

3

0.32

− 3.11

0.01*

Turdus merula

2

1.96

1.00

0.83

Canis familiaris

13

1.08

− 2.42

0.03*

Felis catus

4

1.43

0.24

0.59

Mustela putorius

2

0.11

− 2.02

0.04*

Ursus arctos

2

1.01

− 0.52

0.22

Vulpes vulpes

2

0.11

− 1.92

0.05*

Erinaceus europaeus

2

0.07

− 2.38

0.03*

Erinaceus roumanicus

2

0.07

− 2.21

0.03*

Equus caballus

15

0.92

− 3.47

0.02*

Homo sapiens

4

1.40

0.25

0.52

Apodemus agrarius

3

0.02

− 3.87

0.01*

Myodes glareolus

3

1.32

− 0.13

0.33

Myodes rufocanus

3

0.06

− 3.12

0.01*

Myodes rutilus

2

0.09

− 2.07

0.04*

Neotoma sp.

3

0.09

− 3.31

0.01*

Sorex araneus

2

0.04

− 2.24

0.01*