title: Borrelia carolinensis sp. nov., a novel species of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex isolated from rodents and a tick from the south-eastern USA.
authors.affiliation: Georgia Southern University, James H. Oliver, Jr. Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology, Statesboro, GA 30460-8056, USA.|Biology Centre, Institute of Parasitology AS CR, and Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice 37005, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Nataliia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rudenko
authors.affiliation: Georgia Southern University, James H. Oliver, Jr. Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology, Statesboro, GA 30460-8056, USA.|Biology Centre, Institute of Parasitology AS CR, and Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice 37005, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Maryna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Golovchenko
authors.affiliation: Biology Centre, Institute of Parasitology AS CR, and Faculty of Sciences, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice 37005, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Libor
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grubhoffer
authors.affiliation: Georgia Southern University, James H. Oliver, Jr. Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology, Statesboro, GA 30460-8056, USA.
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Oliver
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D005408:Flagellin / Q000235:genetics; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016205:Sigmodontinae / Q000382:microbiology*; D013022:South Carolina
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D005408:Flagellin