Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains

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The strains marked with an * have all been classified using restriction fragment length polymorphism of rrf (5S) rrl (23S) intergenic spacer amplicons. For more information on Borrelia strains see the EUCALB server


Strains listed alpha-numerically


Strains listed by species


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.

Borrelia lusitaniae

Le Fleche,A., D. Postic, K. Girardet, O. Peter, and G. Baranton. (1997)
Characterisation of Borrelia lusitaniae sp. nov. by 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis.
Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 47: 921-925.

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.


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