Table 2 Prevalence of Blastocystis subtypes and unique genetic variants observed among the 437 Blastocystis-positive calf specimens
Subtypea | No. of samples | No. of unique genetic variants | Percentage of positive samples | GenBank accession number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ST1 | 5 | 5 | 1.1 | OQ298902; OQ298904; OQ298906; OQ298910; OQ298912 |
ST2 | 1 | 1 | 0.2 | OQ298895 |
ST3 | 10 | 4 | 2.3 | OQ298874; OQ298893; OQ298894; OQ298913 |
ST4 | 13 | 4 | 3.0 | OQ298873; OQ298885; OQ298886; OQ298899 |
ST5 | 5 | 1 | 1.1 | OQ298868 |
ST6 | 1 | 1 | 0.2 | OQ298909 |
ST10a | 230 | 5 | 52.6 | OQ298850; OQ298857; OQ298896; OQ298897; OQ298905 |
ST10b | 94 | 17 | 21.5 | OQ298855; OQ298865; OQ298867; OQ298869; OQ298871; OQ298872; OQ298877; OQ298878; OQ298881; OQ298884; OQ298887;OQ298889; OQ298890; OQ298898; OQ298907; OQ298911; OQ298914 |
ST10c | 143 | 3 | 32.7 | OQ298859; OQ298861; OQ298883 |
ST10d | 351 | 2 | 80.3 | OQ298847; OQ298851 |
ST10e | 229 | 4 | 52.4 | OQ298854; OQ298870; OQ298908; OQ298915 |
ST14 | 97 | 8 | 22.2 | OQ298856; OQ298876; OQ298879; OQ298882; OQ298888; OQ298892; OQ298900; OQ298901 |
ST21 | 73 | 3 | 16.7 | OQ298858; OQ298880; OQ298891 |
ST23 | 98 | 1 | 22.4 | OQ298852 |
ST24 | 56 | 2 | 12.8 | OQ298860; OQ298864 |
ST25 | 319 | 3 | 73.0 | OQ298849; OQ298853; OQ298866 |
ST26 | 325 | 3 | 74.4 | OQ298848; OQ298862; OQ298863 |
Novel | 5 | 2 | 1.1 | OQ298875; OQ298903 |