Genetic analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Korea using genomic hybridization and 16S rRNA gene sequence determination

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Title
Genetic analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Korea using genomic hybridization and 16S rRNA gene sequence determination
Author(s)
Sun Ho Kee; Jung Hoon Yoon; Hee Bok Oh; Yong Ha Park; Yoon Won Kim; Min Kee Cho; Kyung Seok Park; Woo Hyun Chang
Bibliographic Citation
Microbiology and Immunology, vol. 40, no. 9, pp. 599-605
Publication Year
1996
Abstract
Nine Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolated in Korea were subjected to genomic hybridization using 16S rRNA gene probe and specific restriction patterns (HindIII and EcoRV) led these nine Borrelia into five subtypes. The evolutionary relationships of the five isolates corresponding to five RFLP groups were measured through the sequence determination of 16S rRNA gene and phylogenetic analysis. The isolates 935T (group I), 934U and 17Y (Group IIa, IIb) were well clustered with B. garinii and B. afzelii. 5MT and 9MT strains (Group IIIa and Group IIIb) formed a common branch shared with B. afzelii cluster although the evolutionary distance was rather long. So, most of B. burgdorferi sensu lato in Korea was B. afzelii or B. afzelii-related group and some minor group such as B. garinii also existed.
Keyword
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu latoRFLP16s rRNA
ISSN
0385-5600
Publisher
Wiley
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01115.x
Type
Article
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