Loss of plasmids of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato during prolonged in vitro cultivation

Plasmid

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Biškup, Urška Glinšek ^a   Strle, Franc ^b   Ružić Sabljić, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; In vitro cultivation; PFGE; Plasmid profile

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOSS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC STABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; SERIAL PASSAGE; TIME FACTORS;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII;

EID: 79958039192     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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