Borrelia turdi

Borrelia turdi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetes
Class: Spirochaetes
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Spirochaetaceae
Genus: Borrelia
Species: B. turdi
Binomial name
Borrelia turdi
Fukunaga et al., 1996

Borrelia turdi, formerly known as Borrelia turdae, is a spirochete bacterium first isolated from specimens of Ixodes tanuki. Its name refers to its reservoir, Turdus merula.[1]

References

  1. Fukunaga M, Hamase A, Okada K, Nakao M; Hamase; Okada; Nakao (1996). "Borrelia tanukii sp. nov. and Borrelia turdae sp. nov. found from ixodid ticks in Japan: rapid species identification by 16S rRNA gene-targeted PCR analysis". Microbiology and Immunology 40 (11): 877–81. doi:10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01154.x. PMID 8985944.

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