Figure 3

Dendrogram of aligned partial rpoB sequences (406 bp) of Corynebacterium ulcerans isolates from water rats 131010012–1 (GenBank accession no. KM595079), 131010012–2 (KM595080), 131011719 (KM595081), 131013415–1 (KM595082), 131013415–2 (KM595083), 131015432–10 (KM595084), 131015432–13 (KM595085), 131015432–14 (KM595086), 141001018 (KM595087), and 141001548 (KM595088), compared to sequences from C. ulcerans strains isolated from game animals [ 25 ] ; all sequences identical with GU818735) 10-7-D-00025, 121017479, CVUAS 6455, 12Bu125-97, 11USF28, 131000349, S28-3-13, 11USF53, CVUAS 5160, S1627-5-12, and CVUAS 4292, as well as humans CCM 1750 (GU818737), CIP 102462 (GU818739), CCM 2823 (GU818738), C. pseudotuberculosis DSM 7177 (GU818740), and CIP 102968 (AY492239) and C. diphtheriae strains CIP 100721 (AY492230), and NCTC 13129 (BX248355).