Whole-Genome sequences of two Borrelia afzelii and two Borrelia garinii Lyme disease agent isolates

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 6995-6996

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

ACRODERMATITIS CHRONICA ATROPHICANS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIRD; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII;

EID: 81255183996     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05951-11     Document Type: Note

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