Borrelia bissettiae sp. nov. and Borrelia californiensis sp. nov. prevail in diverse enzootic transmission cycles

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• Alternative Title:
  Int J Syst Evol Microbiol
• Personal Author:
  Margos, Gabriele ; Lane, Robert S. ; Fedorova, Natalia ; Koloczek, Johannes ; Piesman, Joseph ; Hojgaard, Andrias ; Sing, Andreas ; Fingerle, Volker
• Description:
  Two species of the genus |, | sp. nov. and | sp. nov., were first described by Postic and co-workers on the basis of genetic analyses of several loci. Multilocus sequence analysis of eight housekeeping loci confirmed that these two | genomospecies are distinct members of the | complex. | sp. nov. was initially described in transmission cycles involving | wood rats and | ticks in California, and | and | in Colorado. The preferred host of | sp. nov. appears to be the California kangaroo rat, |; |, | and | ticks are naturally infected with it. Thus, the ecological associations of the two genomospecies and their genetic distance from all other known | genomospecies species justify their description as separate genomospecies: | sp. nov. (type strain DN127| = DSM 17990| =  CIP 109136|) and | (type strain CA446| = DSM 17989| = ATCC BAA-2689|).
• Subjects:
  Article
• Source:
  Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 66(3):1447-1452
• Pubmed ID:
  26813420
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5801759
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R01 AI022501/AI/NIAID NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:52a40cdef2dc9729b2bf3e195f27cc8e4efdac41edaee1d3e573723842b34b1c
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