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Comparative Study
. 2004 May;42(5):2326-8.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.5.2326-2328.2004.

Glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase gene (glpQ) of Borrelia lonestari identified as a target for differentiating Borrelia species associated with hard ticks (Acari:Ixodidae)

Rendi Murphree Bacon  1 , Mark A Pilgard, Barbara J B Johnson, Sandra J Raffel, Tom G Schwan
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Comparative Study

Glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase gene (glpQ) of Borrelia lonestari identified as a target for differentiating Borrelia species associated with hard ticks (Acari:Ixodidae)

Rendi Murphree Bacon et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 May.

Abstract

A glpQ ortholog was identified in DNA from Borrelia lonestari-positive Amblyomma americanum, providing further evidence that B. lonestari is more closely related to the relapsing fever group spirochetes than to borreliae that cause Lyme disease. This finding provides a basis for developing diagnostic assays to differentiate species of borrelia transmitted by hard ticks.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Dendrogram illustrating the relatedness of borrelia glpQ gene nucleotide sequences.
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FIG. 2.
Deduced amino acid alignment of borrelia GlpQ. Residues differing from the consensus sequence are shaded. Gaps introduced to maximize alignment are indicated by dashes. Consensus sequence is not shown.
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