Borrelia sinica
| Borrelia sinica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Spirochaetota |
| Class: | Spirochaetia |
| Order: | Spirochaetales |
| Family: | Borreliaceae |
| Genus: | Borrelia |
| Species: | B. sinica
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| Binomial name | |
| Borrelia sinica Masuzawa et al. 2001
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Borrelia sinica is a spirochete bacterium.[1] Its cells contain only four periplasmic flagella inserted at each end of the spirochaetes, differing from other Borrelia species. It is associated with Lyme disease.[2] CMN3T is the type strain of this species.
References
[edit]- ^ Masuzawa, T.; Takada, N.; Kudeken, M.; Fukui, T.; Yano, Y.; Ishiguro, F.; Kawamura, Y.; Imai, Y.; Ezaki, T. (2001). "Borrelia sinica sp. nov., a Lyme disease-related Borrelia species isolated in China". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 51 (5): 1817–1824. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-5-1817. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 11594614.
- ^ Stanek G, Reiter M (2011). "The expanding Lyme Borrelia complex--clinical significance of genomic species?". Clin Microbiol Infect. 17 (4): 487–93. doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03492.x. PMID 21414082.
Further reading
[edit]Rudenko, Nataliia; Golovchenko, Maryna; Oliver, James H. Jr.; Grubhoffer, Libor (September 2011). "Updates on Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex with respect to public health". Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases. 2 (3): 123–28. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2011.04.002. PMC 3167092. PMID 21890064.
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