title: Assignment of Borrelia burgdorferi strains G25 and VS461 to the Borrelia garinii and Borrelia afzelii genospecies, respectively: a comparison of OspA protein sequences.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence encoding the Outer Surface Protein A (OspA) from two Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates, G25 and VS461, has been determined. On the basis of a phylogenetic analysis, strains G25 and VS461 were respectively assigned to the B. garinii and B. afzelii genospecies. Comparative analysis of OspA proteins from 26 different B. burgdorferi sensu lato strains involved in Lyme disease indicated a higher heterogeneity in the B. garinii genospecies than in the two other genospecies, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto and B. afzelii.
authors.affiliation: Free University of Brussel, Belgium.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Godfroid
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben Messaoud
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poliszczak
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lobet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bollen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000235:genetics*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D001483:Base Sequence; D001898:Borrelia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D008074:Lipoproteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D008074:Lipoproteins; C072045:OspA protein; C077030:OspB protein, Borrelia burgdorferi