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Phylogenetic tree derived from the deduced amino acid sequences of southern and reference strains of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. The tree was constructed with PAUP software and was based on a comparison of 208 OspC amino acids. B. b. ss, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto; B. b., Borrelia bissettii; B. an., Borrelia andersonii; B. g., Borrelia garinii; B. af., Borrelia afzelii; B. v., Borrelia valaisiana.
