Borrelia

Borrelia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Spirochaetes
Class:	Spirochaetes
Order:	Spirochaetales
Family:	Spirochaetaceae
Genus:	Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907
Species
Borrelia afzelii Canica et al. 1994 Borrelia americana Rudenko et al. 2010 Borrelia andersonii ♠ Marconi et al. 1995 Borrelia anserina ♦ (Sakharoff 1891) Bergey et al. 1925 Borrelia baltazardii ♦ (ex Karimi et al. 1979) Karimi et al. 1983 Borrelia bavariensis ♠ Margos et al. 2009 Borrelia bissettii ♠ Postic et al. 1998 Borrelia brasiliensis ♦ Davis 1952 Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson et al. 1984 emend. Baranton et al. 1992 (Lyme disease spirochete) Borrelia californiensis ♠ Postic et al. 2007 Borrelia carolinensis Rudenko et al. 2011 Borrelia caucasica ♦ (Kandelaki 1945) Davis 1957 Borrelia coriaceae Johnson et al. 1987 Borrelia crocidurae ♦ (Leger 1917) Davis 1957 Borrelia dugesii ♦ (Mazzotti 1949) Davis 1957 Borrelia duttonii ♦ (Novy and Knapp 1906) Bergey et al. 1925 Borrelia garinii Baranton et al. 1992 Borrelia graingeri ♦ (Heisch 1953) Davis 1957 Borrelia harveyi ♦ (Garnham 1947) Davis 1948 Borrelia hermsii ♦ (Davis 1942) Steinhaus 1946 Borrelia hispanica ♦ (de Buen 1926) Steinhaus 1946 Borrelia japonica Kawabata et al. 1994 Borrelia kurtenbachii Margos et al. 2010 Borrelia latyschewii ♦ (Sofiev 1941) Davis 1948 Borrelia lonestari ♠ Barbour et al. 1996 Borrelia lusitaniae Le Fleche et al. 1997 Borrelia mazzottii ♦ Davis 1956 Borrelia merionesi ♠ Hougen 1974 Borrelia microti ♠ Borrelia miyamotoi Fukunaga et al. 1995 Borrelia parkeri ♦ (Davis 1942) Steinhaus 1946 Borrelia persica ♦ (Dschunkowsky 1913) Steinhaus 1946 Borrelia queenslandica PopeJG et al. 1962 Borrelia recurrentis ♦ (Lebert 1874) Bergey et al. 1925 Borrelia sinica Masuzawa et al. 2001 Borrelia spielmanii Richter et al. 2006 Borrelia tanukii Fukunaga et al. 1997 Borrelia theileri ♦ (Laveran 1903) Bergey et al. 1925 Borrelia tillae ♦ Zumpt and Organ 1961 Borrelia turcica Güner et al. 2004 Borrelia turdi Fukunaga et al. 1997 Borrelia turicatae ♦ (Brumpt 1933) Steinhaus 1946 Borrelia valaisiana Wang et al. 1997 Borrelia venezuelensis ♦ (Brumpt 1921) Brumpt 1922 Borrelia vincentii ♥ Candidatus Borrelia texasensis Lin et al. 2005

Borrelia is a genus of bacteria of the spirochete phylum. It causes borreliosis, a zoonotic, vector-borne disease transmitted primarily by ticks and by lice, depending on the species. The genus is named after the French biologist Amédée Borrel (1867–1936). There are 52 known species of Borrelia. 21 are members of the Lyme disease group, 29 belong to the relapsing fever group, and two are members of a third group.

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and the phylogeny is based on 16S rRNA-based LTP release 111 by 'The All-Species Living Tree' Project

?B. lonestari ♠ Barbour et al. 1996

?B. microti ♠

B. turcica Güner et al. 2004

B. coriaceae Johnson et al. 1987

B. miyamotoi Fukunaga et al. 1995

?Candidatus B. texasensis Lin et al. 2005

?B. andersonii ♠ Marconi et al. 1995

?B. bavariensis ♠ Margos et al. 2009

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