Fig. 4

Two separate phylogenies of the 28S rRNA gene (longer and shorter sequence fragments) of the new Sarcocystis sp. sampled in China, newly sequenced S. zuoi from China and novel Sarcocystis isolates from Borneo. Symbols indicate the new sequences of this study, whereby taxa considered conspecific are grouped by shape. GenBank accession numbers are given behind each taxon name. a Maximum likelihood (ML) analysis of an alignment of 29 sequences and 1383 homologous positions. Branch support by bootstrapping (1000 replicate trees) is shown next to the branches, whereby the results of three independent analyses based on independent alignments are shown. The scale bar indicates the number of substitutions per site. All positions with < 85% site coverage were eliminated, i.e. fewer than 15% alignment gaps, missing data and ambiguous bases were allowed at any position (partial deletion option). Selected eimeriid coccidia served as outgroup. b ML analysis of a trimmed alignment including five shorter sequences of Sarcocystis sampled in Borneo compared with the samples of Sarcocystis sp. from China; a total of 16 sequences and 366 homologous positions with site coverage of 95% were compared. Sarcocystis pantherophisi served as outgroup. The corresponding natural intermediate hosts are also indicated