Borrelia japonica

Borrelia japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Spirochaetes
Class: Spirochaetes
Order: Spirochaetales
Family: Spirochaetaceae
Genus: Borrelia
Species: B. japonica
Binomial name
Borrelia japonica
Kawabata, Masuzawa & Yanagihara, 1993

Borrelia japonica is a spirochete bacterium first isolated from Japanese mammals.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Kawabata H, Masuzawa T, Yanagihara Y (1993). "Genomic analysis of Borrelia japonica sp. nov. isolated from Ixodes ovatus in Japan". Microbiology and Immunology. 37 (11): 843–8. doi:10.1111/j.1348-0421.1993.tb01714.x. PMID 7905183.

Further reading

  • Masuzawa T, Suzuki H, Kawabata H, et al. (May 1995). "Identification of spirochetes isolated from wild rodents in Japan as Borrelia japonica". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 33 (5): 1392–4. PMC 228176. PMID 7615765. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  • Masuzawa T, Suzuki H, Kawabata H, et al. (May 1995). "Identification of spirochetes isolated from wild rodents in Japan as Borrelia japonica". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 33 (5): 1392–4. PMC 228176. PMID 7615765. Retrieved 2013-07-22.
  • Ishii N, Isogai E, Isogai H, et al. (1995). "T cell response to Borrelia garinii, Borrelia afzelii, and Borrelia japonica in various congenic mouse strains". Microbiology and Immunology. 39 (12): 929–35. doi:10.1111/j.1348-0421.1995.tb03295.x. PMID 8789051.
  • 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.
  • Nakao M, Miyamoto K, Fukunaga M (1994). "Borrelia japonica in nature: genotypic identification of spirochetes isolated from Japanese small mammals". Microbiology and Immunology. 38 (10): 805–8. doi:10.1111/j.1348-0421.1994.tb01861.x. PMID 7869959.


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