Volume 13, Number 9—September 2007
Dispatch
Anaplasma platys in Dogs, Chile
Katia Abarca*
, Javier López†‡, Cecilia Perret*, Javier Guerrero†, Paula Godoy*, Ana Veloz*, Fernando Valiente-Echeverría*, Ursula León*, Constanza Gutjahr†, and Teresa Azócar*
, Javier López†‡, Cecilia Perret*, Javier Guerrero†, Paula Godoy*, Ana Veloz*, Fernando Valiente-Echeverría*, Ursula León*, Constanza Gutjahr†, and Teresa Azócar*
Table 2
Nucleotide sequence differences among groESL genes from different strains of Anaplasma platys
| Strain |
Similarity,* % |
Nucleotide position† | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 591 |
1259 |
1271 |
||
| A. platys Sommieres | 100 | G | A | C |
| A. platys Lara | 100 | – | – | – |
| A. platys RDC | 100 | – | – | – |
| A. platys Okinawa | 100 | – | – | – |
| A. platys Louisiana | 99.7 | – | G | T |
| Dog 17 | 99.8 | T | – | – |
| Dog 23 | 99.8 | T | – | – |
| Dog 25 | 99.8 | T | – | – |
*Percentages of nucleotide sequence identities for 686-bp region determined from pairwise alignment.
†Nucleotide positions of A. platys Sommieres strain, GenBank accession no. AY0441621. –, same base as the type strain.
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