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Table 3 Pairwise nucleotide sequence similarities among members of the R. conorii complex

From: Proposal to create subspecies of Rickettsia conorii based on multi-locus sequence typing and an emended description of Rickettsia conorii

 

% Similarity

Rickettsia and gene

ITTR

AFR isolate A-167

ISFR

R. conorii

   

16S rDNA

100

99.9

99.8

glt A

100

99.5

99.3

omp A

99.8

98.3

98.3

omp B

99.8

98.7

98.6

sca 4

99.9

99.4

99.3

ITTR

   

16S rDNA

 

99.9

99.8

glt A

 

99.5

99.3

omp A

 

98.1

98.1

omp B

 

98.6

98.5

sca 4

 

99.3

99.2

AFR isolate A-167

   

16S rDNA

  

99.8

glt A

  

99.7

omp A

  

98.6

omp B

  

99.4

sca 4

  

99.7