Vuralia turcica is endemic to Turkey and currently endangered. Little molecular information is available for this plant. Previous characterization and classification of V. turcica have been based on the DNA sequences of the ITS region. Molecular markers are essential for studying of genotyping and biogeography, but any of each marker is not enough to characterize a plant species in its use alone. In this study, the chloroplast rbcL and trnL regions were amplified in V. turcica using the primers that have been published in the previous studies. Successfully amplified DNA fragments were extracted and commercially sequenced. The partial rbcL and trnL sequences were submitted to the NCBI database (accession number KX164510, KX164511, respectively). Amplified both DNA of two regions of rbcL and trnL were used to construct a phylogenetic tree.

Ehrlichia canis is the primary etiologic agent of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis, a tick-transmitted disease of dogs. The aim of this study is to molecularly investigate the presence of E. canis and to reveal its prevalence in dogs in Siirt province. The animal material of the study is consisted of a total of 82 dogs. A region of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene of E. canis was targeted for PCR amplification. As a result of the conducted Nested-PCR, positivity was detected at the rate of 10.53% (4/38) in male dogs and 13.64% (6/44) in females, and Ehrlichia canis specific bands of size 389 bp were obtained in 10 (12.20%) dogs in total. The phylogenetic tree was constructed with the Maximum Likelihood (MCL) method, The nucleotide sequence was registered in the NCBI GenBank database with access numbers OK331365.1-OK331366. Early detection of the disease by means of hematological, serological, or molecular tests is very important in terms of prognosis. More studies should be performed to determine vector-disease relationships in this region about ticks that vector the disease.