sp. nov. is widely distributed in Europe and Asia Free

Abstract

Since the original description of sp. nov. in 2009, additional samples available from humans and ticks from Europe and Mongolia, respectively, have been used to further characterize strains belonging to this group of spirochaetes that utilize rodents as reservoir hosts. These investigations suggested the presence of related strains in Europe and Asia and confirmed their status as representing a distinct species. Furthermore, samples that were investigated by researchers from China and Japan confirm the ecological relationship of members of this proposed species with rodents and suggest that it has a wide distribution in Eurasia. Here, we use phylogenetic and genetic distance analyses to validate sp. nov. as a species within the species complex. The type strain is PBi ( = DSM 23469 = BAA-2496).

Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Bavarian Ministry for Environment and Health (StMUG)
  • Robert Koch-Institut
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