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Borrelia texasensis

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Species of prokaryote

Borrelia texasensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Borreliaceae
Genus: Borrelia
Species: B. texasensis
Binomial name
Borrelia texasensis
Lin et al. 2005
Synonyms

Borreliella texasensis

Candidatus Borrelia texasensis is a proposed new strain of the spirochaete Borrelia. C. B. texasensis was "isolated in March 1998 from an adult male Dermacentor variabilis tick feeding on a coyote from Webb County, Texas." According to the discovering researchers from Georgia Southern University's Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology, "It differs from other borreliae based on the banding patterns obtained by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis" along with several other variations including morphological changes identified under electron microscope. The researchers were "unable to revive frozen cultures, so cannot meet the requirements of the Bacteriological Code to deposit viable type material at two different culture collections" leading to the use of the candidatus prefix.

References

  1. Lin T, Gao L, Seyfang A, Oliver JH Jr (March 2005). "'Candidatus Borrelia texasensis', from the American dog tick Dermacentor variabilis". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (Pt 2): 685–93. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02864-0. PMID 15774644.
Taxon identifiers
Borrelia texasensis


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