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Table 1 Species and their recognition pattern by oligonuclotide probes

From: Detection and differentiation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in ticks collected from sheep and cattle in China

Isolate designation

Species

Oligonucleotide*

  

Species-specific

Group-specific

BO23

B. afzelii

Af

 

B31

B. burgdorferi s.s.

Ss

 

T25

B. garinii

  

PBr

B. garinii

  

SZ

B. garinii

Ga

Sl

20047

B. garinii

  

IP90

B. garinii

  

TN

B. garinii

  

VS116

B. valaisiana

Vs

 
  1. *See Table 3 for oligonucleotide sequence data.