TABLE 3.

MseI restriction fragments of the 5S-23S rRNA (rrfA-rrlB) intergenic spacer of B. burgdorferi sensu lato

Species	Strain	Amplicon size (bp)	RFLP pattern	MseI restriction fragment size (bp)	Reference
B. burgdorferi sensu stricto	B31	254	A	108, 51, 38, 29, 28	197
B. garinii	20047	253	B	108, 95, 50	197
	NT29	253	C	108, 57, 50, 38	197
B. afzelii	VS461	246	D	108, 68, 50, 20	197
B. japonica	HO14	236	E	108, 78, 50	197
B. vailaisiana	VS116	255	F	175, 50, 23, 7	267
	Am501	249	Q	169, 51, 23, 6	149
B. lusitaniae	PotiB2	257	G	108, 81, 39, 29	197
	PotiB3	255	H	108, 79, 52, 16	197
B. bissettii	DN127	257	I	108, 51, 38, 33, 27	197
	CA	226	J	108, 51, 38, 29	197
	25015	253	K	108, 51, 34, 27, 17, 12, 4	197
B. andersonii	19857	266	L	120, 67, 51, 28	197
	CA2	255	M	91, 50, 40, 28, 22, 17, 7	197
B. tanukii	Hk501	245	O	174, 51, 20	149
B. turdi	Ya501	248	P	107, 51, 38, 21, 16, 8, 7	149
Borrelia sp.	A14S	225	R	108, 66, 51	265