title: Whole genome sequence of an unusual Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolate.
abstract: Human Lyme disease is caused by a number of related Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species. We report here the complete genome sequence of Borrelia sp. isolate SV1 from Finland. This isolate is to date the closest known relative of B. burgdorferi sensu stricto, but it is sufficiently genetically distinct from that species that it and its close relatives warrant its candidacy for new-species status. We suggest that this isolate should be named "Borrelia finlandensis."
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Room 2200 EEJMRB, 15 North Medical Drive East, University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. sherwood.casjens@path.utah.edu
authors.forename: Sherwood R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Casjens
authors.forename: Claire M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Fraser-Liggett
authors.forename: Emmanuel F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Mongodin
authors.forename: Wei-Gang
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: Benjamin J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Luft
authors.forename: Steven E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Schutzer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D005387:Finland; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial