FIG. 8.
Detection of linear plasmids lp25 (A) and lp28-1 (B) in B. burgdorferi sensu lato (numbers 1 to 8). Number 1, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto N40; number 2, B. afzelii PKo; number 3, B. afzelii Slovakia; number 4, B. garinii PBi; number 5, B. valaisiana VS116; number 6, B. valaisiana Rio6; number 7, B. spielmanii A14S; number 8, B. lusitaniae. a, Used for inoculation; b, reisolated from murine tissue. M, marker for DNA band size in base pair length. N, negative control (water).