Table 1 Nucleotide and amino acid identity scores (%) shared among the Sri Lankan sequences, among the T. annulata sequences, and between the T. annulata and Sri Lankan sequences.

From: Discovery of a new Theileria sp. closely related to Theileria annulata in cattle from Sri Lanka

Gene

Nucleotide sequences

Amino acid sequences

Sri Lankan

T. annulata

Between Sri Lankan and T. annulata

Sri Lankan

T. annulata

Between Sri Lankan and T. annulata

tams1

98.9–100

87.5–100

87.2–93.4

96.2–100

80.4–100

78.9–89.5

tasp

97.3–100

85.4–100

77.9–83.2

95.4–100

78.2–100

67.5–73.9

18S rRNA (short)

99.5–100

99.1–100

98.5–99.2

—

—

—

18S rRNA (long)

99.7–100

99.2–100

98.7–99.3

—

—

—

cob

99.4–100

98.5–100

87.2–88.0

98.8–100

97.1–100

82.5–84.8