Table 3.

Plasmids used in this study.

	Function	References
Plasmids
pGem-T EZ	Backbone for ompA integration construct	Promega
pKFSS1	Shuttle vector for B. burgdorferi	Frank et al., 2003
pBSV2G	Shuttle vector for B. burgdorferi	Elias et al., 2003
pGem::OmpA-TC	OmpA-TC suicide vector for L. biflexa	Current study
pKFFS1::OspD1xTC	OspD-TC shuttle vector	Current study
pBSV2G::OspD2xTC	OspD-2xTC shuttle vector	Current study
pGEM::LA7-TC	LA7-TC allelic exchange vector for B. burgdorferi	Current study