Borrelia carolinensis sp. nov., a new (14th) member of the borrelia burgdorferi Sensu lato complex from the southeastern region of the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-141

  Rudenko, Nataliia ^a,b,c,d   Golovchenko, Maryna ^a,b,c   Grubhoffer, Libor ^a,b   Oliver Jr , James H ^c  

^a Institute of Parasitology AS CR   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; PROTEIN P66; RNA 16S; SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BIRD; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA CAROLINENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLA GENE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEOTOMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEROMYSCUS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEROMYSCUS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGMODONTINAE; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

AVES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BISSETTII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CAROLINENSIS; IXODIDA; NEOTOMA FLORIDANA; PEROMYSCUS GOSSYPINUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 58849104500     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01183-08     Document Type: Article

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