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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2008, p. 3130-3133, Vol. 46, No. 9
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01195-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Novel Genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato from Rodents and Ticks in Southwestern China{triangledown}

Chen-Yi Chu,1 Wei Liu,1 Bao-Gui Jiang,1 Ding-Ming Wang,2 Wei-Jia Jiang,2 Qiu-Min Zhao,1 Pan-He Zhang,1 Zhao-Xiao Wang,2 Guang-Peng Tang,2 Hong Yang,1 and Wu-Chun Cao1*

Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing 100071, People's Republic of China,1 Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Guizhou Province, Guiyang 550008, People's Republic of China2

Received 24 June 2008/ Accepted 6 July 2008

By using multilocus sequence analysis, five Borrelia valaisiana-related strains isolated from rodents and ticks in southwestern China were eventually classified as a new genospecies of B. burgdorferi sensu lato rather than B. valaisiana. The finding explained the differences in transmission cycle and phenotype between B. valaisiana strains from Europe and B. valaisiana-related strains from eastern Asia.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, 20 Dong-Da-Jie Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, People's Republic of China. Phone and fax: 86-10-63896082. E-mail: caowc{at}nic.bmi.ac.cn

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 9 July 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2008, p. 3130-3133, Vol. 46, No. 9
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01195-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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