Volume 6, Number 3—June 2000
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Bartonella spp. Isolated from Wild and Domestic Ruminants in North America 1
Table 1
DNA similarity values and GenBank accession numbers based on 276 bp of the citrate synthase gene of the nine representative ruminant strains
% Similarity |
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Organism /Accession # | Strain cattle-1 | Strain deer-1 | Strain deer-2 | Strain deer-4 | Strain deer-5 | Strain deer-6 | Strain elk-1 | Strain elk-2 | Strain elk-3 |
Cattle-1 AF228768 | 100.00 | 95.65 | 96.01 | 94.57 | 94.57 | 94.57 | 99.64 | 96.01 | 94.57 |
Deer-1 AF228769 | - | 100.00 | 98.91 | 93.84 | 93.84 | 93.12 | 95.65 | 98.91 | 93.84 |
Deer-2 AF228771 | - | - | 100.00 | 94.20 | 94.20 | 93.48 | 96.01 | 100.00 | 94.20 |
Deer-4 AF228774 | - | - | - | 100.00 | 98.55 | 94.93 | 94.57 | 94.20 | 94.57 |
Deer-5 AF228775 | - | - | - | - | 100.00 | 94.20 | 94.57 | 94.20 | 94.57 |
Deer-6 AF228776 | - | - | - | - | - | 100.00 | 94.20 | 93.48 | 96.01 |
Elk-1 AF228770 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100.00 | 96.01 | 94.57 |
Elk-1 AF228772 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100.00 | 94.20 |
Elk-1 AF228773 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100.00 |
1An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Second International Conference on Emerging Zoonoses, Strasbourg, France, November 5-9, 1998.
2Collection sites were for bighorn sheep, the Peninsular Ranges in California and the San Francisco River, Turkey Creek, and Red Rock in New Mexico; and for elk, the San Luis National Wildlife Refuge in Merced County and the Tupman Tule Elk State Reserve in Kern County, California, and the Roseburg, Drain, and Demet herds, Douglas County (south western Oregon), and the Jewell Wildlife Area, Clatsop County, (north western Oregon).