Fig. 1

Phylogenomic network of seven genera of arthropod transmitted bacterial pathogens. A node represents an organism, and a link exists between organisms when they possess a certain level of similarity. Shapes for different species – squares for Borrelia spp. (top left) and Ehrlichia spp. (right), diamonds for Bartonella spp. (left), triangles for Coxiella spp. (bottom), trapezoids for Anaplasma spp. (top and near right), circles for Francisella spp. (bottom left) and Rickettsia spp. (center and top). Shading for different vectors – black for fleas, gray for lice, white for ticks. Letters outside the nodes mark the following microorganisms: A – Borrelia recurrentis A1, B – Rickettsia bellii OSU 85-389, C – Rickettsia bellii RML369-C. Numbers inside the nodes correspond to the organism number column in Additional file 1: Table S1