title: Chromosome and Megaplasmid Sequences ofBorrelia anserina(Sakharoff 1891), the Agent of Avian Spirochetosis and Type Species of the Genus.
abstract: Sequences of the linear chromosome and plasmids ofBorrelia anserina, the cause of avian spirochetosis of poultry, revealed a smaller genome than those of otherBorreliaspp. transmitted by argasid ticks. Missing or disrupted genes included adammethylase and those in the pathway for synthesis of phospholipids from glycerol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and the Laboratory of Molecular Infection Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: Haitham
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Elbir
authors.affiliation: Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
authors.forename: Parth
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sitlani
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and the Laboratory of Molecular Infection Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.|Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bergström
authors.affiliation: Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA abarbour@uci.edu.
authors.forename: Alan G
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0719-5248
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Barbour