Fig. 1

Maximum likelihood tree based on partial 18S rDNA sequences obtained in the current study (in bold) and sequences of Babesia sensu stricto species (clade VI sensu Schnittger et al. [2]). Only bootstrap values above 75% are displayed. The scale bar indicates the number of nucleotide substitutions per site. The GenBank accession number, assigned name, host, and country of origin are indicated for each sequence, if available