Table 1.
Plasmid frequencies in 14 B. burgdorferi isolates
| Linear plasmid | Number of isolatesa | Number of subtypes | Circular plasmid | Number of isolatesa | Number of subtypes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lp5 | 2 | 1 | cp9#A | 2b | 1 |
| lp17 | 14 | 7 | cp9#B | 4b | 2 |
| lp21 | 3c | 1 | cp26 | 14 | 1 |
| lp25 | 9a | 4 | cp32-1 | 8d | - |
| lp28-1 | 7 | 5 | cp32-3 | 7d | - |
| lp28-2 | 5 | 2 | cp32-4 | 11 | - |
| lp28-3 | 13a | 5 | cp32-5 | 12a, d | - |
| lp28-4 | 14d | 7 | cp32-6 | 8 | - |
| lp28-5 | 6 | 3 | cp32-7 | 10d | - |
| lp28-6 | 6 | 4 | cp32-8 | 5d | - |
| lp28-7 | 1 | 1 | cp32-9 | 9d | - |
| lp28-8 | 1 | 1 | cp32-10 | 10d | - |
| lp28-9 | 1 | 1 | cp32-11 | 7 | - |
| lp32-3 | 2 | 1 | cp32-12 | 8 | - |
| lp36 | 14d | 8 | cp32-13 | 3 | - |
| lp38 | 11 | 6 | |||
| lp54 | 14 | 3 | |||
| lp56 | 4d | 4 |
aNumber of isolates carrying a plasmid of this PFam32 type among the fourteen completely sequenced genomes. The values shown include the unsequenced lp25, lp28-3 and cp32-5 plasmids present in the original 297, N40 and B31 cultures, respectively (see text)
bThere are apparently at least two compatibility types of cp9, but it is not known what controls their compatibility (see text)
cIncludes bulk of lp21 on left end of the chromosome of strain 297
dLarge (fused) plasmids with two different sets of PFam32 genes are considered as two plasmids in these cases, and each fused portion is included according to its compatibility type