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Table 4 Borreliae quantification and species identification in co-infected Ixodes persulcatus ticks

From: Co-infections with multiple pathogens in natural populations of Ixodes persulcatus ticks in Mongolia

Tick ID

Representative flaB sequence accession no.

Bacterial genome load (log10 copies/tick)

De-novo sequence assembly coverage (average reads per base [Megahit])

B.m.

B.b.s.l.

B.m.

B.a.

B.b.

B.g.

Mng_A19-2

B. miyamotoi OL580771

6.9

nd

655

nd

nd

nd

Mng_A19-7

B. afzelii OL580772,

B. bavariensis OL580774

6.7

5.6

625

43

35

nd

Mng_A19-58

B. bavariensis OL580775

6.9

5.5

1001

nd

68

nd

Mng_B19-11

B. bavariensis OL580776

5.3

5.3

227

nd

946

nd

Mng_B19-16

B. afzelii OL580773

2.5

6.5

nd

407

nd

nd

Mng_B19-54

Identical to OL580771

5.6

nd

865

nd

nd

nd

Mng_C19-12

Identical to OL580771

6.1

nd

896

nd

nd

nd

Mng_C19-45

Identical to OL580771, OL580772 and OL580775

6.4

5.1

488

97

5

nd

Mng_C19-80

Identical to OL580771

6.6

nd

424

nd

nd

nd

Mng_C19-104

Identical to OL580771

6.5

nd

16591

nd

nd

nd

Mng_C19-111

B. garinii OL580777

Identical to OL580771 and OL580772

6.6

4.8

591

100

nd

43

Mean ± 95% CI

 

6.0 ± 0.9

5.5 ± 0.6

2236 ± 3612

162 ± 264

264 ± 725

43

  1. B.a. B. afzelii, B.b. B. bavariensis, B.g. B. garinii, nd not detected