scholarly journals Molecular characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato strains isolated in the area of Belgrade, Serbia

2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeta S. Ristanovic ◽  
Kayoko Kitamura ◽  
Toshiyuki Masuzawa ◽  
Marija J. Milutinovic ◽  
Radovan M. Cekanac ◽  
...  
1999 ◽  
Vol 181 (23) ◽  
pp. 7308-7313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian H. Eggers ◽  
D. Scott Samuels

ABSTRACT We have recovered a DNase-protected, chloroform-resistant molecule of DNA from the cell-free supernatant of a Borrelia burgdorferi culture. The DNA is a 32-kb double-stranded linear molecule that is derived from the 32-kb circular plasmids (cp32s) of the B. burgdorferi genome. Electron microscopy of samples from which the 32-kb DNA molecule was purified revealed bacteriophage particles. The bacteriophage has a polyhedral head with a diameter of 55 nm and appears to have a simple 100-nm-long tail. The phage is produced constitutively at low levels from growing cultures of someB. burgdorferi strains and is inducible to higher levels with 10 μg of 1-methyl-3-nitroso-nitroguanidine (MNNG) ml−1. In addition, the prophage can be induced with MNNG from some Borrelia isolates that do not naturally produce phage. We have isolated and partially characterized the phage associated with B. burgdorferi CA-11.2A. To our knowledge, this is the first molecular characterization of a bacteriophage ofB. burgdorferi.


1995 ◽  
Vol 184 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dieter Rössler ◽  
Helmut Eiffert ◽  
Sigrid Jauris-Heipke ◽  
Gisela Lehnert ◽  
Vera Preac-Mursic ◽  
...  

2003 ◽  
Vol 52 (9) ◽  
pp. 807-813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ece S. Güner ◽  
Naoya Hashimoto ◽  
Nobuhiro Takada ◽  
Kazuhide Kaneda ◽  
Yasuyuki Imai ◽  
...  

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