A new Borrelia species defined by multilocus sequence analysis of housekeeping genes.

Gabriele Margos; Stephanie A Vollmer; Muriel Cornet; Martine Garnier; Volker Fingerle; Bettina Wilske; Antra Bormane; Liliana Vitorino; Margarida Collares-Pereira; Michel Drancourt; Klaus Kurtenbach

doi:10.1128/AEM.00116-09

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A new Borrelia species defined by multilocus sequence analysis of housekeeping genes.

Authors

Margos, Gabriele¹
Vollmer, Stephanie A
Cornet, Muriel
Garnier, Martine
Fingerle, Volker
Wilske, Bettina
Bormane, Antra
Vitorino, Liliana
Collares-Pereira, Margarida
Drancourt, Michel
Kurtenbach, Klaus

¹ Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, 3 South, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom. [email protected]

Type

Published Article

Journal

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Publication Date

Jul 31, 2009

Volume

75

Issue

16

Pages

5410–5416

Identifiers

DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00116-09

PMID: 19542332

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Medline

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Abstract

Analysis of Lyme borreliosis (LB) spirochetes, using a novel multilocus sequence analysis scheme, revealed that OspA serotype 4 strains (a rodent-associated ecotype) of Borrelia garinii were sufficiently genetically distinct from bird-associated B. garinii strains to deserve species status. We suggest that OspA serotype 4 strains be raised to species status and named Borrelia bavariensis sp. nov. The rooted phylogenetic trees provide novel insights into the evolutionary history of LB spirochetes.

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