Borrelia yangtzensis sp. nov., A rodent-associated species in Asia, is related to Borrelia valaisiana

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3836-3840

  Margos, Gabriele ^a   Chu, Chen Yi ^b   Takano, Ai ^c   Jiang, Bao Gui ^b   Liu, Wei ^b   Kurtenbach, Klaus ^f   Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^d   Fingerle, Volker ^a   Cao, Wu Chun ^b   Kawabata, Hiroki ^e  

^a Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CHIBA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA VALAISIANA; BORRELIA YANGTZENSIS; CHINA; CLPA GENE; CLPX GENE; DNA DATA BANK OF JAPAN; GENETIC DISTANCE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; JAPAN; LYME DISEASE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NIFS GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPX GENE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRG GENE; RECG GENE; RODENT; RPLB GENE; TICK; UVRA GENE;

EID: 84955580325     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.000491     Document Type: Article

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