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Since<jats:named-content xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" content-type=\"species\" xlink:type=\"simple\"><jats:ext-link ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1601\/nm.7818\" xlink:type=\"simple\"><jats:italic>Borrelia burgdorferi<\/jats:italic><\/jats:ext-link><\/jats:named-content><jats:italic>sensu stricto<\/jats:italic>(hereinafter,<jats:named-content xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" content-type=\"species\" xlink:type=\"simple\"><jats:ext-link ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1601\/nm.7818\" xlink:type=\"simple\"><jats:italic>B. burgdorferi<\/jats:italic><\/jats:ext-link><\/jats:named-content>) was described in the north-eastern USA during the early 1980s, an increasing diversity has been noted within the species complex. Here, we describe a novel genomic species,<jats:italic>Borrelia kurtenbachii<\/jats:italic>sp. nov. 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