Comparative genomics of the Western Hemisphere soft tick-borne relapsing fever borreliae highlights extensive plasmid diversity

Table 1 Borrelia isolates used in this study

Species	Isolate	Geographic Location	Origin	Tick Vector	Reference
B. anserina	BA2	USA	Chicken blood	Argas spp.	[10]
B. hermsii	YOR	California, USA	Human blood	Ornithodoros hermsi	[11]
B. hermsii	DAH	Washington, USA	Human blood	O. hermsi	[16]
B. coriaceae	Co53	California, USA	Ornithodoros coriaceus	O. coriaceus	[12]
B. puertoricensis n. sp.	SUM	Panama	Ornithodoros puertoricensis	O. puertoricensis	[9]
B. parkeri	SLO	California, USA	Ornithodoros parkeri	O. parkeri	unpublished
B. venezuelensis	RMA01	Maranhão, Brazil	Ornithodoros rudis	O. rudis	[15]
B. turicatae	91E135	Texas, USA	Ornithodoros turicata	O. turicata	[13]
B. turicatae	BTE5EL	Texas, USA	Human blood	O. turicata	[14]

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