title: Species of Borrelia distinguished by restriction site polymorphisms in 16S rRNA genes.
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.
authors.affiliation: California Institute of Biological Research, La Jolla 92037.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ralph
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Postic
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baranton
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pretzman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McClelland
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001898:Borrelia / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S