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Species of Borrelia distinguished by restriction site polymorphisms in 16S rRNA genes
D Ralph1, D Postic, G Baranton
1California Institute of Biological Research, La Jolla 92037.
FEMS Microbiology Letters
|August 1, 1993
Abstract:
Three phyletic groups of Borrelia associated with Lyme disease, B. burgdorferi, B. garinii and group VS461 can be distinguished from each other and other species of Borrelia by BfaI restriction site polymorphisms in PCR amplified 16S rRNA genes. One strain isolated from an Ixodes pacificus tick in California that was previously unclassifiable was distinguishable from B. burgdorferi by an Mn/I restriction site polymorphism.