Sequence coding tandem repeat characteristics and accession numbers for all <i>C. pecorum</i> strains analyzed in this study.

*Strains sequenced in this study. Strains not marked with an asterisk were sequenced in a preceding study [23], or posted as complete genomes [30]–[32]. aReferenced in [31]. bReferenced in [2]. cReferenced in [42]. dReferenced in [30]. eIsolated by M. Dawson, Virology Department, Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge UK. fIsolated at INRA, UR1282, Infectiologie Animale et Santé Publique, Centre de Recherche de Tours, France. gReferenced in [43]. hReferenced in [32]. iReferenced in [3]. jSupplied by Konrad Sachse, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut Jena, OIE and National Reference Laboratory for Chlamydiosis, 07743 Jena, Germany, 07743 Jena, Germany. kSupplied by Simone Magnino, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna “Bruno Ubertini”, National Reference Laboratory for Animal Chlamydioses, Sezione Diagnostica di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy. lIsolated by M.S. McNulty, Veterinary Research Laboratory, Stormont, Belfast, Ulster. -not amplified by PCR.