Borrelia bissettii

Borrelia bissettiae (formerly B. bissettii, before renaming in 2019[1]) is a spirochete bacterium.[2] The type strain is strain DN127. It is pathogenic and causes Lyme borreliosis in the Americas and Eurasia.[3][4]

Borrelia bissettii
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Borreliaceae
Genus: Borrelia
Species:
B. bissettiae
Binomial name
Borrelia bissettiae
Gupta 2019

See also

References
  1. Gupta RS (2019-08-27). "Distinction between Borrelia and Borreliella is more robustly supported by molecular and phenotypic characteristics than all other neighbouring prokaryotic genera: Response to Margos' et al. "The genus Borrelia reloaded" (PLOS ONE 13(12): e0208432)". PLOS ONE. 14 (8): e0221397. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1421397G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0221397. PMC 6711536. PMID 31454394.
  2. Postic D, Ras NM, Lane RS, Hendson M, Baranton G (December 1998). "Expanded diversity among Californian borrelia isolates and description of Borrelia bissettii sp. nov. (formerly Borrelia group DN127)". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 36 (12): 3497–504. doi:10.1128/JCM.36.12.3497-3504.1998. PMC 105228. PMID 9817861.
  3. Schneider BS, Schriefer ME, Dietrich G, Dolan MC, Morshed MG, Zeidner NS (October 2008). "Borrelia bissettii isolates induce pathology in a murine model of disease". Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 8 (5): 623–33. doi:10.1089/vbz.2007.0251. PMID 18454594.
  4. Wolcott KA, Margos G, Fingerle V, Becker NS (June 2021). "Host association of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato: A review". Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 12 (5): 101766. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101766. PMID 34161868.

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