SPECIES OF BORRELIA DISTINGUISHED BY RESTRICTION SITE POLYMORPHISMS IN 16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA GENES

Authors
RALPH D POSTIC D BARANTON G PRETZMAN C MCCLELLAND M
Citation
D. Ralph et al., SPECIES OF BORRELIA DISTINGUISHED BY RESTRICTION SITE POLYMORPHISMS IN 16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA GENES, FEMS microbiology letters, 111(2-3), 1993, pp. 239-243
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
FEMS microbiology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781097
Volume
111
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
239 - 243
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1097(1993)111:2-3<239:SOBDBR>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Three phyletic groups of Borrelia associated with Lyme disease, B. bur gdorferi, B. garinii and group VS461 can be distinguished from each ot her and other species of Borrelia by BfaI restriction site polymorphis ms in PCR amplified 16S rRNA genes. One strain isolated from an Ixodes pacificus tick in California that was previously unclassifiable was d istinguishable from B. burgdorferi by an MnlI restriction site polymor phism.