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Abstract

The diversity of species discovered in California appears to be particularly high. A divergent group of strains collected from ticks in California was described by Postic and co-workers and designated ‘genomospecies 2’ (Postic D, Garnier M, Baranton G. 2007;297:263–271; Postic D, Ras NM, Lane RS, Hendson M, Baranton G. 1998;36:3497–3504). We performed multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) using eight housekeeping loci (, , , , , , and ) on 12 strains of this genospecies to confirm that these strains form a distinct group within the s. l. complex (Margos G, Hojgaard A, Lane RS, Cornet M, Fingerle V 2010;1:151–158). Phylogenetic and genetic distance analyses based on sequences of the MLSA housekeeping genes corroborated the distinctness of this group; genetic distances to all other members of the s.l. complex were 96 % or lower. We propose the name sp. nov. for this genospecies in honor of Professor Robert S. Lane, University of California Berkeley, for his contributions to and tick research. The type strain for sp. nov., strain CA28-91, has been deposited to two culture collections (=DSM 17992=CIP 109135).

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