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

Gabriele Margos; S A Vollmer; M Cornet; M Garnier; V Fingerle; B Wilske; A Bormane; L Vitorino; M Collares-Pereira; M Drancourt; K Kurtenbach

doi:10.1128/​AEM.00116-09

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

Gabriele Margos, S A Vollmer, M Cornet, M Garnier, V Fingerle, B Wilske, A Bormane, L Vitorino, M Collares-Pereira, M Drancourt, K 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5410-5416
Number of pages	7
Journal	Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Volume	75
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00116-09
Publication status	Published - Aug 2009

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