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Table 1 The Bor TOMM biosynthetic cluster is present among diverse Bbsl isolates

From: Identification of the minimal cytolytic unit for streptolysin S and an expansion of the toxin family

  

PCR Positive

Bbsl species

No. of strains screened

borB

borC

borD

All

Bbss

24

0

0

0

0

B. garinii

26

0

5

0

0

B. afzelii

47

26

34

19

14

B. spielmanii

7

5

5

5

5

B. bavariensis

13

0

0

0

0

B. valaisiana

21

3

15

3

3

B. lusitaniae

2

0

2

2

0

  1. Positive PCR hits for Bor TOMM biosynthetic genes in Bbsl isolates. Strains originated in Europe and Asia, except 11 Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (Bbss) from North America. “All” indicates the number of isolates testing positive for genes encoding all three putative heterocycle forming enzymes, BorBCD. More details are provided in Additional file 6: Table S3