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

  1. 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.
  2. 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. 17 (4): 487–93. doi:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03492.x. PMID 21414082. Retrieved 2013-08-06.


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