Table 1.

Bacteria used in this study.

Bacterial Strain	Source
E. coli Top10F’	Thermo Fisher Scientific, Vienna, Austria
E. coli BL21(DE3)pLysS	Thermo Fisher Scientific, Austria
B. miyamotoi HT31	Courtesy of J. Hovius, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
B. miyamotoi LB-2001	Courtesy of J. Hovius, Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
B. afzelii 1960/11	Courtesy of E. Ruzic-Sabljic, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
B. turicatae	Courtesy of V. Fingerle, National Reference Center for Borrelia, Oberschleißheim, Germany