Chromosome and Linear Plasmid Sequences of a 2015 Human Isolate of the Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Spirochete, Borrelia turicatae

Luke C Kingry; Dhwani Batra; Adam Replogle; Christopher Sexton; Lori Rowe; Benjamin M Stermole; Anna M Christensen; Martin E Schriefer

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00655-16

Chromosome and Linear Plasmid Sequences of a 2015 Human Isolate of the Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Spirochete, Borrelia turicatae

Genome Announc. 2016 Jul 14;4(4):e00655-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00655-16.

Authors

Luke C Kingry¹, Dhwani Batra², Adam Replogle¹, Christopher Sexton¹, Lori Rowe², Benjamin M Stermole³, Anna M Christensen³, Martin E Schriefer⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
² Division of Scientific Resources, Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Eglin Hospital, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, USA.
⁴ Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Bacterial Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA mms.7@cdc.gov.

Abstract

The sequences of the complete linear chromosome and 7 linear plasmids of the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia turicatae are presented in this report. The 925,547 bp of chromosome and 380,211 bp of plasmid sequence were predicted to contain a total of 1,131 open reading frames, with an average G+C content of 29.7%.