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. 2017 Feb 2;5(5):e01557-16.
doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01557-16.

Toward a Complete North American Borrelia miyamotoi Genome

Luke C Kingry  1 , Adam Replogle  1 , Dhwani Batra  2 , Lori A Rowe  2 , Christopher Sexton  1 , Marc Dolan  1 , Neeta Connally  3 , Jeannine M Petersen  1 , Martin E Schriefer  4
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Toward a Complete North American Borrelia miyamotoi Genome

Luke C Kingry et al. Genome Announc. .

Abstract

Borrelia miyamotoi, of the relapsing-fever spirochete group, is an emerging tick-borne pathogen causing human illness in the northern hemisphere. Here, we present the chromosome, eight extrachromosomal linear plasmids, and a draft sequence for five circular and one linear plasmid of a Borrelia miyamotoi strain isolated from an Ixodes sp. tick from Connecticut, USA.

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