The 2 simultaneously published "k" sequence variants of tp0548 locus of Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum isolates differ: the one published later has to be renamed as "l"

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Linda Grillová et al. Sex Transm Dis. 2015 Jan.

. 2015 Jan;42(1):53.

doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000220.

¹ Department of Biology Faculty of Medicine Masaryk University, Brno Czech Republic.

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Previously Identified "k" Sequence Variants of the tp0548 Gene Will Be Renamed as Type "l".
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