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Borrelia bavariensis sp. nov. is widely distributed in Europe and Asia

Published:2013-11-01 Issue:Pt_11 Volume:63 Page:4284-4288
ISSN:1466-5026
Container-title:International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
language:en
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Author:

Margos Gabriele¹²³,Wilske Bettina⁴,Sing Andreas¹²,Hizo-Teufel Cecilia²,Cao Wu-Chun⁵,Chu Chenyi⁶,Scholz Holger⁷,Straubinger Reinhard K.³,Fingerle Volker¹²

Affiliation:

1. Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterinärstr. 2, 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany

2. Nationale Reference Centre for Borrelia, Veterinärstr. 2, 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany

3. LMU Munich, Department for Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinärstr. 13, 80359 Munich, Germany

4. Harthauser Str. 8b, 81545 München, Germany

5. Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, 20 Dong-Da-Jie Street, Beijing 100071, PR China

6. Beijing Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, 20 Dong-Da-Jie Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, PR China

7. Department of Bacteriology and Toxinology, Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Neuherbergstraße 11, 80937 Munich, Germany

Abstract

Since the original description of Borrelia bavariensis sp. nov. in 2009, additional samples available from humans and ticks from Europe and Mongolia, respectively, have been used to further characterize

Borrelia

strains belonging to this group of spirochaetes that utilize rodents as reservoir hosts. These investigations suggested the presence of related strains in Europe and Asia and confirmed their status as representing a distinct species. Furthermore, samples that were investigated by researchers from China and Japan confirm the ecological relationship of members of this proposed species with rodents and suggest that it has a wide distribution in Eurasia. Here, we use phylogenetic and genetic distance analyses to validate B. bavariensis sp. nov. as a species within the

Borrelia burgdorferi

sensu lato species complex. The type strain is PBiT ( = DSM 23469T = BAA-2496T).

Funder

Robert Koch-Institut

Bavarian Ministry for Environment and Health

Publisher

Microbiology Society

Subject

General Medicine,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Microbiology

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