Fig. 1From: Novel Borrelia species detected in echidna ticks, Bothriocroton concolor, in AustraliaMolecular phylogenetic analysis of 1097 bp fragment of 16S rRNA of the Borrelia sp. amplified in B. concolor ticks from echidnas. Phylogenetic distances were inferred using FastTree 2 [57], and specimens were compared with the B. burgdorferi (sensu lato) complex, the TBRF group, and the REP-associated spirochaetes. “*” represents Borrelia sequences from B. concolor ticks; “**” indicates Borrelia sequence from Ixodes holocyclus tick; and “***” represents positive controls from I. ricinus nymphsBack to article page