Whole genome sequence of an unusual Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolate

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1489-1490

  Casjens, Sherwood R ^a   Fraser Liggett, Claire M ^b   Mongodin, Emmanuel F ^b   Qiu, Wei Gang ^c   Dunn, John J ^d   Luft, Benjamin J ^e   Schutzer, Steven E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FINLAND; LYME DISEASE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; FINLAND; GENOME, BACTERIAL; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA SP.;

EID: 79952433267     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01521-10     Document Type: Article

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