Table 2. Borrelia miyamotoi strains used in this study.

Strain name	Isolation source	Location	Isolated year	Reference
HT31T	I. persulcatus, female	Shiretoko, Hokkaido, Japan	1990	1
HT24	I. persulcatus, female	Shiretoko, Hokkaido, Japan	1990	1
FR64b	Apodemus argenteus, whole blood	Furano, Hokkaido, Japan	1991	1
Hk004	I. persulcatus, nymph	Sibecha, Hokkaido, Japan	1993	1
NB103-1	I. persulcatus, nymph on Emberiza spodocephala	Nemuro, Hokkaido, Japan	1991	1
MYK1	I. pavlovskyi, female	Shibetsu, Hokkaido, Japan	2012	in this study
MYK2	I. persulcatus, female	Nayoro, Hokkaido, Japan	2012	in this study
MYK3	I. persulcatus, female	Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan	2012	in this study
MYK4	I. persulcatus, female	Simukapp, Hokkaido, Japan	2012	in this study
MYK5	I. persulcatus, female	Takinoue, Hokkaido, Japan	2012	in this study
Y13T1	I. persulcatus, male	Oumu, Hokkaido, Japan	2013	in this study