Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains

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Strains listed alpha-numerically

• Strain list

Strains listed by species

• Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto

• Borrelia garinii (was Group 20047)

• Borrelia afzelii (was Group VS461)

• Borrelia japonica (was Group F63B)

• Borrelia andersonii (was Group 21123, also known as Group 21038)

• Borrelia valaisiana (were known as Groups VS116 and M19)

• Borrelia lusitaniae (was known as Group PotiB2)

• Borrelia bissettii (were known as Group DN 127)

  References describing new species:

  B. burgdorferi

  Johnson, R. C., G. P. Schmid, F. W. Hyde, A. G. Steigerwalt and D. J. Brenner. (1984)
  Borrelia burgdorferi sp. nov.: etiological agent of Lyme disease.
  Int. J. System. Bacteriol. 34: 496-497.

  B. garinii

  Baranton, G., D. Postic, I. Saint Girons, P. Boerlin, J. C. Piffaretti, M. Assous and P. A. D. Grimont. (1992)
  Delineation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, Borrelia garinii sp. nov. and group VS461 associated with Lyme borreliosis.
  Int. J. System. Bacteriol. 42: 378-383.

  B. afzelii

  Canica, M. M., F. Nato, L. du Merle, J. C. Mazie, G. Baranton and D. Postic. (1993)
  Monoclonal antibodies for identification of Borrelia afzelii sp. nov. associated with late cutaneous manifestations of Lyme Borreliosis.
  Scand. J. Infect. Dis. 25: 441-448.

  B. japonica

  Kawabata, H., T. Masuzawa and Y. Yanagihara. (1993).
  Genomic analysis of Borrelia japonica sp nov isolated from Ixodes ovatus in Japan.
  Microbiol Immunol. 37: 843-848.

  Postic, D., J. Belfaiza, E. Isogai, I. Saint Girons, P. A. D. Grimont and G. Baranton. (1993).
  A new genomic species in Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolated from Japanese ticks.
  Research in Microbiology. 144: 467-473.

  B. andersonii

  Marconi, R. T., D. Liveris and I. Schwartz. (1995).
  Identification of novel insertion elements, restriction fragment length polymorphism patterns, and discontinuous 23S rRNA in Lyme Disease Spirochetes: Phylogenetic analyses of rRNA genes and their intergenic spacers in Borrelia japonica sp. nov.and genomic group 21038 (Borrelia andersonii sp. nov.) isolates.
  J. Clin. Microbiol. 33: 2427-2434.

  Assous, M. V., D. Postic, G. Paul, P. Névot and G. Baranton. (1994).
  Individualisation of two new genomic groups among American Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains.
  FEMS Microbiol Lett. 121: 93-98.

  Postic, D., M. V. Assous, P. A. D. Grimont and G. Baranton. (1994).
  Diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato evidenced by restriction fragment length polymorphism of rrf (5S) rrl (23S) intergenic spacer amplicons.
  Int J Syst Bact. 44: 743-752.

  Borrelia valaisiana

  Wang,G., A.P.Van Dam, A. Le Fleche, D. Postic, O. Peter, G. Baranton, R. De Boer, L. Spanjaard, and J. Dankert. (1997).
  Genetic and phenotypic analysis of Borrelia valaisiana sp. nov. (Borrelia genomic groups VS116 and M19).
  Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 47: 926-932.

  Postic, D., M. V. Assous, P. A. D. Grimont and G. Baranton. (1994).
  Diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato evidenced by restriction fragment length polymorphism of rrf (5S) rrl (23S) intergenic spacer amplicons.
  Int J Syst Bact. 44: 743-752. Postic, D., M. V. Assous, P. A. D. Grimont and G. Baranton. (1994).
  Diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato evidenced by restriction fragment length polymorphism of rrf (5S) rrl (23S) intergenic spacer amplicons.
  Int J Syst Bact. 44: 743-752.

  Group DN127

  Assous, M. V., D. Postic, G. Paul, P. Névot and G. Baranton. (1994).
  Individualisation of two new genomic groups among American Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains.
  FEMS Microbiol Lett. 121: 93-98.

  Postic, D., M. V. Assous, P. A. D. Grimont and G. Baranton. (1994).
  Diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato evidenced by restriction fragment length polymorphism of rrf (5S) rrl (23S) intergenic spacer amplicons.
  Int J Syst Bact. 44: 743-752.

  Borrelia bissettii

  Postic, D., Marti Ras N., Lane R.S., Hendson M., and G. Baranton. (1998)
  Expanded diversity among Californian Borrelia isolates and description of Borrelia bissettii sp. nov. (formerly Borrelia group DN127)
  J. Clin. Microbiol. 36: 3497-3504.

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