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Borrelia sinica

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Species of bacterium

Borrelia sinica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Borreliaceae
Genus: Borrelia
Species: B. sinica
Binomial name
Borrelia sinica
Masuzawa et al. 2001

Borrelia sinica is a spirochete bacterium. Its cells contain only four periplasmic flagella inserted at each end of the spirochaetes, differing from other Borrelia species. It is associated with Lyme disease. CMN3 is the type strain of this species.

References

  1. Masuzawa, T.; Takada, N.; Kudeken, M.; Fukui, T.; Yano, Y.; Ishiguro, F.; Kawamura, Y.; Imai, Y.; Ezaki, T. (2001). "Borrelia sinica sp. nov., a Lyme disease-related Borrelia species isolated in China". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51 (5): 1817–1824. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-5-1817. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 11594614.
  2. Stanek G, Reiter M (2011). "The expanding Lyme Borrelia complex--clinical significance of genomic species?". Clin Microbiol Infect. 17 (4): 487–93. doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03492.x. PMID 21414082.

Further reading

Rudenko, Nataliia; Golovchenko, Maryna; Oliver, James H. Jr.; Grubhoffer, Libor (September 2011). "Updates on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex with respect to public health". Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 2 (3): 123–28. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2011.04.002. PMC 3167092. PMID 21890064.

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Taxon identifiers
Borrelia sinica


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