简介:TostudythegeneticcharacterizationoffourstrainsofBorreliaburgdorferiisolatedinChina.PCRtechniquewasusedtoamplifythe5S-23SrRNAintergenicspacerDNAfromthewholecellularDNAofisolatedGXLD-4,9,18andChang14,andthentheamplifiedproductswereclonedintoplasmidpGEM-TEasyandsequenced.Itwasfoundthatthe5S-23SrRNAintergenicspacerDNAofthefourisolateswas242bp,revealingthenucleotidesequenceidentityofmorethan99%.ThefourisolateshadhighersequenceidentifywithBorreliavalaisianathanwithothergeneticgroups.ThesefourisolatesmostlikelybelongtoBorreliavalaisianagenomicgroup.