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Table 1 Plasmid frequencies in 14 B. burgdorferi isolates

From: Plasmid diversity and phylogenetic consistency in the Lyme disease agent Borrelia burgdorferi

Linear plasmid

Number of isolatesa

Number of subtypes

Circular plasmid

Number of isolatesa

Number of subtypes

lp5

2

1

cp9#A

2b

1

lp17

14

7

cp9#B

4b

2

lp21

3c

1

cp26

14

1

lp25

9a

4

cp32-1

8d

-

lp28-1

7

5

cp32-3

7d

-

lp28-2

5

2

cp32-4

11

-

lp28-3

13a

5

cp32-5

12a, d

-

lp28-4

14d

7

cp32-6

8

-

lp28-5

6

3

cp32-7

10d

-

lp28-6

6

4

cp32-8

5d

-

lp28-7

1

1

cp32-9

9d

-

lp28-8

1

1

cp32-10

10d

-

lp28-9

1

1

cp32-11

7

-

lp32-3

2

1

cp32-12

8

-

lp36

14d

8

cp32-13

3

-

lp38

11

6

   

lp54

14

3

   

lp56

4d

4

   
  1. aNumber of isolates carrying a plasmid of this PFam32 type among the fourteen completely sequenced genomes. The values shown include the unsequenced lp25, lp28-3 and cp32-5 plasmids present in the original 297, N40 and B31 cultures, respectively (see text)
  2. bThere are apparently at least two compatibility types of cp9, but it is not known what controls their compatibility (see text)
  3. cIncludes bulk of lp21 on left end of the chromosome of strain 297
  4. dLarge (fused) plasmids with two different sets of PFam32 genes are considered as two plasmids in these cases, and each fused portion is included according to its compatibility type