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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Spirochaetota |
| Class: | Spirochaetia |
| Order: | Spirochaetales |
| Family: | Borreliaceae |
| Genus: | Borrelia |
| Species: | B. bissettiae
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| Binomial name | |
| Borrelia bissettiae Gupta 2019
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- Schneider BS, Zeidner NS, Burkot TR, Maupin GO, Piesman J (August 2000). "Borrelia isolates in Northern Colorado identified as Borrelia bissettii". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 38 (8): 3103–5. doi:10.1128/JCM.38.8.3103-3105.2000. PMC 87200. PMID 10921989.
- Schutzer SE, Fraser-Liggett CM, Qiu WG, Kraiczy P, Mongodin EF, Dunn JJ, Luft BJ, Casjens SR (January 2012). "Whole-genome sequences of Borrelia bissettii, Borrelia valaisiana, and Borrelia spielmanii". Journal of Bacteriology. 194 (2): 545–6. doi:10.1128/JB.06263-11. PMC 3256645. PMID 22207749.
External links
edit- NCBI Taxonomy Browser - Borrelia
- "Borrelia bissettii" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Type strain of Borrelia bissettii at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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