Borrelia duttoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Spirochaetes |
Class: | Spirochaetes |
Order: | Spirochaetales |
Family: | Spirochaetaceae |
Genus: | Borrelia |
Species: | B. duttoni |
Binomial name | |
Borrelia duttoni |
Borrelia duttoni is a species of Borrelia.
It can be associated with relapsing fever. It is named after Joseph Everett Dutton, who died of the disease in 1905 while he and John Lancelot Todd were investigating "tick fever".