Whole-genome sequences of Borrelia bissettii, Borrelia valaisiana, and Borrelia spielmanii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 545-546

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

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^e BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTIG; DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BISSETTII; BORRELIA SPIELMANII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; CHROMOSOME; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BISSETTII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; BORRELIA SPIELMANII; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 84855871122     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06263-11     Document Type: Article

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