Table 1 Mean values (standard deviation) of nucleotide diversity (π) [33] and Tajima’s D [34] for 114 orthologous genes computed using R package pegas on all samples and within Borrelia genospecies

All samples (111)

0.045 (0.011)

−0.13 (0.40)

B. garinii (26)

0.007 (0.003)

−0.48 (0.59)

B. bavariensis (29)

0.008 (0,004)

−0.60 (0.72)

B. burgdorferi s.s.(22)

0.004 (0.003)

−1.21 (0.65)

B. afzelii (16)

0.002 (0.001)

−0.42 (0.85)