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Int J Syst Bacteriol 34 (1984), 496-497; DOI 10.1099/00207713-34-4-496
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Borrelia burgdorferi sp. nov.: Etiologic Agent of Lyme Disease

Russell C. Johnson1,*, George P. Schmid2, Fred W. Hyde1, A. G. Steigerwalt2 and Don J. Brenner2

1Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
2Division of Bacterial Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333

* Corresponding author.

ABSTRACT

A review of reports on the genetic and phenotypic characteristics of strains of the spirochete which causes Lyme disease revealed that these organisms are representative of a new species of Borrelia. We propose the name Borrelia burgdorferi for this species. The type strain of B. burgdorferi is strain B31 (= ATCC 35210). In two separate studies the guanine-plus-cytosine content of the deoxyribonucleic acid of the type strain was determined to be 29.0 to 30.5 mol% (thermal denaturation method).




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