TY - JOUR
T1 - Population genetics, taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato
AU - Margos, Gabriele
AU - Vollmer, Stephanie A
AU - Ogden, Nicholas H
AU - Fish, Durland
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - In order to understand the population structure and dynamics of bacterial microorganisms, typing systems that accurately reflect the phylogenetic and evolutionary relationship of the agents are required. Over the past 15 years multilocus sequence typing schemes have replaced single locus approaches, giving novel insights into phylogenetic and evolutionary relationships of many bacterial species and facilitating taxonomy. Since 2004, several schemes using multiple loci have been developed to better understand the taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of Lyme borreliosis spirochetes and in this paper we have reviewed and summarized the progress that has been made for this important group of vector-borne zoonotic bacteria.
AB - In order to understand the population structure and dynamics of bacterial microorganisms, typing systems that accurately reflect the phylogenetic and evolutionary relationship of the agents are required. Over the past 15 years multilocus sequence typing schemes have replaced single locus approaches, giving novel insights into phylogenetic and evolutionary relationships of many bacterial species and facilitating taxonomy. Since 2004, several schemes using multiple loci have been developed to better understand the taxonomy, phylogeny and evolution of Lyme borreliosis spirochetes and in this paper we have reviewed and summarized the progress that has been made for this important group of vector-borne zoonotic bacteria.
KW - molecular ecology
KW - MLST
KW - Borrelia burgdorferi
KW - ixodes
KW - evolution
KW - multilocus sequence typing
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80053575351&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2011.07.022
U2 - 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.07.022
DO - 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.07.022
M3 - Article
SN - 1567-1348
VL - 11
SP - 1545
EP - 1563
JO - Infection, Genetics and Evolution
JF - Infection, Genetics and Evolution
IS - 7
ER -