Borrelia kurtenbachii sp. nov., a widely distributed member of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species complex in North America

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue PART 1, 2014, Pages 128-130

  Margos, Gabriele ^a,b,c   Piesman, Joseph ^d   Lane, Robert S ^e   Ogden, Nicholas H ^f   Sing, Andreas ^c   Straubinger, Reinhard K ^a   Fingerle, Volker ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b National Reference Center for Borrelia   (Germany)

^c Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA KURTENBACHII; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; IXODES; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; IXODES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84891892512     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.054593-0     Document Type: Article

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