A new genomic species in Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolated from Japanese ticks

D Postic; J Belfaiza; E Isogai; I Saint Girons; P A Grimont; G Baranton

doi:10.1016/0923-2508(93)90054-6

A new genomic species in Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolated from Japanese ticks

Res Microbiol. 1993 Jul-Aug;144(6):467-73. doi: 10.1016/0923-2508(93)90054-6.

Authors

D Postic¹, J Belfaiza, E Isogai, I Saint Girons, P A Grimont, G Baranton

Affiliation

¹ Unité de Bactériologie moléculaire et médicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris.

PMID: 8190992
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2508(93)90054-6

Abstract

Five Borrelia strains (Ika2, HO14, Cow611C, 0612 and F63B) isolated from Ixodes ovatus ticks in Japan were analysed by DNA-DNA hybridization experiments, ribotyping, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and protein electrophoresis. DNA relatedness set these strains in a new genomic species within the Borrelia burgdorferi complex; this species appears to be restricted to Japan and could be non-pathogenic for humans. The ribotype and pulsotype of strain Ika2 were atypical of the new genomic species.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Bacterial Proteins / analysis
Borrelia burgdorferi Group / genetics
Borrelia burgdorferi Group / isolation & purification*
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
In Vitro Techniques
Japan
Lyme Disease / microbiology*
Nucleic Acid Hybridization / methods*
RNA, Ribosomal / analysis
RNA, Ribosomal / genetics
Restriction Mapping
Ticks / microbiology*

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
DNA, Bacterial
RNA, Ribosomal