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BMC genomics. 2017-02-15; 18.1: 165.

Plasmid diversity and phylogenetic consistency in the Lyme disease agent Borrelia burgdorferi

Casjens SR, Gilcrease EB, Vujadinovic M, Mongodin EF, Luft BJ, Schutzer SE, Fraser CM, Qiu WG

PMID: 28201991

Abstract

Bacteria from the genus Borrelia are known to harbor numerous linear and circular plasmids. We report here a comparative analysis of the nucleotide sequences of 236 plasmids present in fourteen independent isolates of the Lyme disease agent B. burgdorferi.

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