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Table 1 Genetic divergence among individual housekeeping genes of SCW-30 strains and estimated allelic profiles

	*clpA*	*clpX*	*nifS*	*pepX*	*pyrG*	*recG*	*rplB*	*uvrA*
SCW-41^Ta	176^c	141	127	154	159	159	136	150
SCW-33^b	175	140	126	153	158	158	135	149
SCW-30a	175 (98.4%)	141 (99.7%)	127 (99.3%)	154 (98.6%)	159 (99.7%)	159 (99.1%)	136 (99.2%)	150 (99%)
SCW-30b	175 (98.4%)	141 (99%)	127 (99.3%)	153 (97.5%)	159 (97.8%)	159 (98.2%)	136 (99.5%)	150 (98%)
SCW-30c	175 (98.4%)	141 (99%)	127 (99.3%)	153 (97.5%)	159 (97.8%)	159 (98.2%)	136 (99.5%)	150 (98%)
SCW-30d	175 (98.4%)	141 (99%)	127 (99.3%)	153 (97.5%)	159 (97.8%)	159 (98.2%)	136 (99.5%)	150 (98%)
SCW-30e	175 (98.4%)	141 (99.8%)	127 (98.6%)	154	159 (98.2%)	159 (98.5%)	136 (99.8%)	150 (98%)
SCW-30f	176 (99.7%)	141	127	154	159	159	136	150
SCW-30 g	176 (99.7%)	141	127	154	159	159	136	150
SCW-30 h	176 (99.7%)	141 (98.4%)	3 (98.4%)	154 (98.9%)	159 (97.5%)	159 (97.5%)	135 (99.5%)	150 (98%)

The percentage of identity of housekeeping genes of SCW-30 strains to the closest alleles available in MLST database are presented in the Table 1.
SCW-41^Ta is a type strain of Borrelia americana and represents subgroup A (ATCC BAA-1877; DSM 22541).
SCW-33^b represents B. americana subgroup B.
176^c -unique allele numbers of housekeeping genes in MLST database. Strain allelic profile is a composition of 8 numbers presented in a single row. Marked in bold are values that are below or equal to a cut-off value of 0.170 determined for the MLST scheme based on eight chromosomally located housekeeping genes [26].

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