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ArticleMicrobial ecology2016

Characterization Through Multilocus Sequence Analysis of Borrelia turdi Isolates from Portugal.

Ana Cláudia Norte, Pedro Miguel Araújo, Luís Pascoal da Silva, Paulo Quadros Tenreiro, Jaime A Ramos, Maria Sofia Núncio, Líbia Zé-Zé, Isabel Lopes de Carvalho

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Article in Microbial ecology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Ana Cláudia NorteMARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, Largo Marquês de Pombal, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517, Coimbra, Portugal. acgnorte@ci.uc.pt.
Pedro Miguel AraújoMARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, Largo Marquês de Pombal, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517, Coimbra, Portugal.
Luís Pascoal da SilvaMARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, Largo Marquês de Pombal, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517, Coimbra, Portugal.
Paulo Quadros TenreiroDCNFC-DGOV, Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, IP, Mata Nacional do Choupal, 3000-611, Coimbra, Portugal.
Jaime A RamosMARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, Largo Marquês de Pombal, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517, Coimbra, Portugal.
Maria Sofia NúncioCentre for Vector and Infectious Diseases Research, National Institute of Health, Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Águas de Moura, Portugal.
Líbia Zé-ZéCentre for Vector and Infectious Diseases Research, National Institute of Health, Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Águas de Moura, Portugal.
Isabel Lopes de CarvalhoCentre for Vector and Infectious Diseases Research, National Institute of Health, Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Águas de Moura, Portugal.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Borrelia turdi is a spirochete from the Borrelia burgdorferi complex, first reported in Japan, that has been increasingly detected in Europe. This genospecies is mostly associated with avian hosts and their ornithophilic ticks such as Ixodes frontalis. In this study, we isolated B. turdi from five I. frontalis feeding on Turdus merula, Turdus philomelos, Parus major and Troglodytes troglodytes, and one Ixodes ricinus feeding on a T. merula in Portugal. These isolates were genetically characterised according to their 5S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer, 16S rRNA and through typing of seven housekeeping genes (multilocus sequence typing). Multilocus sequence analyses revealed that the strains isolated in our study, although belonging to B. turdi genospecies, are not identical to the B. turdi reference strain Ya501. Instead, our strains are separated into a clear defined group, suggesting that the European samples diverged genetically from the strain originally detected in Japan. Population analysis of 5S-23S rRNA sequences can further resolve subpopulations within B. turdi, but more samples from a large geographical scale and host range would be needed to assess potential phylogeographical patterns within this genospecies.

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BorreliaPasseriformesAnimalsDNA, IntergenicGenes, EssentialIxodesMultilocus Sequence TypingPortugalRNA, Ribosomal, 16SDNA, IntergenicRNA, Ribosomal, 16SBorrelia turdiIsolateIxodes frontalisMultilocus sequence typingPhylogenetic analysisPortugal

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