Molecular Detection of Persistent Francisella tularensis Subspecies holarctica in Natural Waters

Figure 5

Multiple alignment of FtM19InDel sequences from Ljusdal and Örebro with previously published sequences of Francisella species and subspecies. In this alignment the F. tularensis subsp. holarctica specific deletion is located from position 52 to 82. Reference sequences from GenBank: F. t. holarctica LVS (M32059), F. t. tularensis strain WY96-3418 (CP000608), F. t. tularensis strain Schu S4 (NC_006570), F. t. mediasiatica strain FSC147 (NC_010677), F. t. novicida strain U112 (CP000439) and F. philomiragia (AY243030).