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Name: "Candidatus Borrelia algerica" Fotso Fotso et al. 2015
Etymology: al.ge’ri.ca. N.L. fem. adj. algerica, pertaining to Algeria
Original publication:
Fotso Fotso A, Angelakis E, Mouffok N, Drancourt M, Raoult D. Blood-Borne Candidatus Borrelia algerica in a Patient with Prolonged Fever in Oran, Algeria. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2015; 93:1070-1073.
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
Parent taxon: Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Fotso Fotso A, Angelakis E, Mouffok N, Drancourt M, Raoult D. Blood-Borne Candidatus Borrelia algerica in a Patient with Prolonged Fever in Oran, Algeria. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2015; 93:1070-1073.
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Record number: 2694