Borrelia turdi

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]

Borrelia turdi
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Borreliaceae
Genus: Borrelia
Species:
B. turdi
Binomial name
Borrelia turdi
Fukunaga et al., 1996

References

  1. Fukunaga M, Hamase A, Okada K, Nakao M (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. S2CID 34606255.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

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