Table 4. Genes consistently repressed by the 3 Borrelia strains with fold-change values ≤ 0.5.

Annotation	B. afzelii (IBS 17)		B. garinii (IBS 6)		Bb ss (IBS 19)		Description/Function
	Fold change	p-value	Fold change	p-value	Fold change	p-value	Cell division process
CDC20	0,38	3,97E-06	0,35	1,53E-05	0,41	1,19E-04	Activator of the anaphase promoting complex (APC/C)
PBK	0,50	1,22E-05	0,50	6,95E-05	0,49	5,06E-04	PDZ binding kinase: related to mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPKK) family
TOP2A	0,46	3,65E-06	0,44	8,88E-06	0,49	3,47E-04	DNA topoisomerase 2-alpha: role in mitosis and meiosis for proper segregation of daughter chromosomes
KIF20A	0,40	3,97E-05	0,37	3,21E-05	0,41	3,15E-05	Mitotic kinesin required for chromosome passenger complex (CPC)-mediated cytokinesis
UBE2C	0,37	1,10E-05	0,36	2,35E-05	0,37	9,67E-05	Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 C: essential factor of the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C)
CEP55	0,49	1,39E-04	0,47	7,27E-05	0,48	1,72E-03	Centrosomal protein of 55 kDa: role in mitotic exit and cytokinesis
LOC399942	0,44	3,17E-03	0,48	7,97E-03	0,49	2,20E-02	Predicted: similar to Tubulin alpha-2 chain, major constituent of microtubules
ASPM	0,46	8,55E-06	0,44	5,35E-05	0,48	6,88E-05	Probable role in mitotic spindle regulation and coordination of mitotic processes
LOC100132394	0,36	8,45E-04	0,44	8,59E-03	0,36	4,50E-03	Unknown function