Borrelia andersonii
| Borrelia andersonii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Spirochaetes |
| Class: | Spirochaetes |
| Order: | Spirochaetales |
| Family: | Spirochaetaceae |
| Genus: | Borrelia |
| Species: | B. andersonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Borrelia andersonii Marconi et al. 1995 | |
Borrelia andersonii is a spirochete bacterium. It can be pathogenic, being involved in cases of Lyme borreliosis.[1][2]
See also
References
- ↑ Kerry L. Clark, Brian Leydet, Shirley Hartman (2013). "Lyme Borreliosis in Human Patients in Florida and Georgia, USA". Int J Med Sci 10 (7): 915–931. doi:10.7150/ijms.6273. ISSN 1449-1907.
- ↑ Marconi RT, Liveris D, Schwartz I (September 1995). "Identification of novel insertion elements, restriction fragment length polymorphism patterns, and discontinuous 23S rRNA in Lyme disease spirochetes: phylogenetic analyses of rRNA genes and their intergenic spacers in Borrelia japonica sp. nov. and genomic group 21038 (Borrelia andersonii sp. nov.) isolates". Journal of Clinical Microbiology 33 (9): 2427–34. PMC 228430. PMID 7494041. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
Further reading
- Hamer, Sarah A; Hickling, Graham J; Keith, Rich; Sidge, Jennifer L; Walker, Edward D; Tsao, Jean I (2012). "Associations of passerine birds, rabbits, and ticks with Borrelia miyamotoi and Borrelia andersonii in Michigan, U.S.A.". Parasites & Vectors 5 (1): 231. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-231. ISSN 1756-3305.
- Stanek G, Reiter M (April 2011). "The expanding Lyme Borrelia complex--clinical significance of genomic species?". Clinical Microbiology and Infection : the Official Publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 17 (4): 487–93. doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03492.x. PMID 21414082. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
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