Fig. 5

Phylogenetic reconstruction of the 18S rRNA gene tree of the novel Sarcocystis species and other tissue cyst-forming coccidia based on 1465 homologous positions of 40 aligned nucleotide sequences under the minimum evolution (ME) criterion; selected eimeriid coccidia served as outgroup. The new sequences of Sarcocystis sp. from China are highlighted by black symbols. Branch support values are shown for 1000 bootstrap replicates of three independent alignments with a site coverage of 95%. The shaded box highlights the taxa included in the so-called S. zuoi complex