Borrelia tanukii is a spirochete bacterium first isolated from specimens of Ixodes tanuki, hence its name.[1]
| Borrelia tanukii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Spirochaetota |
| Class: | Spirochaetia |
| Order: | Spirochaetales |
| Family: | Borreliaceae |
| Genus: | Borrelia |
| Species: | B. tanukii
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| Binomial name | |
| Borrelia tanukii Fukunaga et al., 1996
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References
edit- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- Masuzawa T, Komikado T, Kaneda K, Fukui T, Sawaki K, Yanagihara Y (August 1997). "Homogeneity of Borrelia japonica and heterogeneity of Borrelia afzelii and 'Borrelia tanukii' isolated in Japan, determined from ospC gene sequences". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 153 (2): 287–93. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb12587.x. PMID 9271854.
- Hiraoka H, Shimada Y, Sakata Y, et al. (March 2007). "Detection of Borrelia garinii, Borrelia tanukii and Borrelia sp. closely related to Borrelia valaisiana in Ixodes ticks removed from dogs and cats in Japan". Veterinary Parasitology. 144 (1–2): 188–92. doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.05.073. PMID 17049744.
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