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These investigations suggested the presence of related strains in Europe and Asia and confirmed their status as representing a distinct species. Furthermore, samples that were investigated by researchers from China and Japan confirm the ecological relationship of members of this proposed species with rodents and suggest that it has a wide distribution in Eurasia. Here, we use phylogenetic and genetic distance analyses to validate\n                    <jats:italic>B. bavariensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    sp. nov. as a species within the\n                    <jats:named-content xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" content-type=\"species\" xlink:type=\"simple\">\n                      <jats:ext-link ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1601\/nm.7818\" xlink:type=\"simple\">\n                        <jats:italic>Borrelia burgdorferi<\/jats:italic>\n                      <\/jats:ext-link>\n                    <\/jats:named-content>\n                    <jats:italic>sensu<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:italic>lato<\/jats:italic>\n                    species complex. The type strain is PBi\n                    <jats:sup>T<\/jats:sup>\n                    (\u200a=\u200aDSM 23469\n                    <jats:sup>T<\/jats:sup>\n                    \u200a=\u200aBAA-2496\n                    <jats:sup>T<\/jats:sup>\n                    ).\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1099\/ijs.0.052001-0","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,7,10]],"date-time":"2013-07-10T00:51:28Z","timestamp":1373417488000},"page":"4284-4288","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":106,"title":["Borrelia bavariensis sp. nov. is widely distributed in Europe and Asia"],"prefix":"10.1099","volume":"63","author":[{"given":"Gabriele","family":"Margos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority, Veterin\u00e4rstr. 2, 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany"},{"name":"Nationale Reference Centre for Borrelia, Veterin\u00e4rstr. 2, 85764 Oberschleissheim, Germany"},{"name":"LMU Munich, Department for Infectious Diseases and 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