A New Borrelia Species Defined by Multilocus Sequence Analysis of Housekeeping Genes

Overview

Journal Appl Environ Microbiol

Specialties Environmental Health
Microbiology

Date 2009 Jun 23

PMID 19542332

Citations 107

Authors

Gabriele Margos

Stephanie A Vollmer

Muriel Cornet

Martine Garnier

Volker Fingerle

Bettina Wilske

Antra Bormane

Liliana Vitorino

Margarida Collares-Pereira

Michel Drancourt

Klaus Kurtenbach

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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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