Biology:Borrelia sinica

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Short description: Species of bacterium

Borrelia sinica
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetota
Class: Spirochaetia
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Borreliaceae
Genus: Borrelia
Species:
B. sinica
Binomial name
Borrelia sinica
Masuzawa et al. 2001

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

  1. Masuzawa, T.; Takada, N.; Kudeken, M.; Fukui, T.; Yano, Y.; Ishiguro, F.; Kawamura, Y.; Imai, Y. et al. (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. 
  2. 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

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. PMID 21890064. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16844861 entry