TABLE 3.

Allele scores for clpA, clpX, nifS, pepX, pyrG, recG, rplB, and uvrA and closest matching database STs

Eastern ND B. burgdorferi isolate	Allele score								ST
	clpA	clpX	nifS	pepX	pyrG	recG	rplB	uvrA
M3	19	1	−a	1	2	1	1	10	30
M4	24	−	−	18	−	19	1	−	56, 231
M6	20	4	−	3	3	1	3	−	31, 229
M7	18	2	−	−	2	8	1	−	225
M9	24	14	4	18	11	19	1	12	56, 231

^a−, chromatogram indicated a mixed population.