1. Institute of Avian Research “Vogelwarte Helgoland” Wilhelmshaven Germany
2. Division of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology Ludwig‐Maximilians Universität Munich Germany
3. Department of Bacteriology I National Institute for Infectious Disease Tokyo Japan
4. Department of Parasitology Asahikawa Medical University Asahikawa Japan
5. VIB ‐ KU Leuven Center for Microbiology Leuven Belgium
6. CMPG Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, Department M2S KU Leuven Leuven Belgium
7. Leuven Institute for Beer Research (LIBR) Leuven Belgium
8. Department of Animal Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity Ruhr‐Universität Bochum Bochum Germany
9. Musée National d'histoire Naturelle de Luxembourg Luxembourg Luxembourg
10. Department of Zoology State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart Stuttgart Germany
11. Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Department of Biology Ural Federal University Yekaterinburg Russia
12. National Reference Center for Borrelia Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit Oberschleißheim Germany