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Species Borrelia baltazardii

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Spirochaetota Spirochaetia Spirochaetales Borreliaceae Borrelia Borrelia baltazardii

Name: Borrelia baltazardii corrig. (ex Karimi et al. 1979) Karimi et al. 1983

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: bal.ta.zar’di.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. baltazardii, of Baltazard, named after M. Baltazard

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bor-RE-li-a bal-ta-ZAR-di-i, feminine

Type strain: B"x"

Effective publication: Karimi Y, Hovind-Hougen K, Birch-Andersen A, Asmar M. Borrelia persica and B. baltazardi sp. nov.: experimental pathogenicity for some animals and comparison of the ultrastructure. Ann Microbiol (Paris) 1979; 130B:157-168.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 10. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:438-440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
    • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73. 🇩🇪
    • 🧍 The original spelling, Borrelia baltazardi (sic), has been corrected by the Associate Editor, IJSB 1983. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 10. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:438-440.

Parent taxon: Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Karimi Y, Hovind-Hougen K, Birch-Andersen A, Asmar M. Borrelia persica and B. baltazardi sp. nov.: experimental pathogenicity for some animals and comparison of the ultrastructure. Ann Microbiol (Paris) 1979; 130B:157-168.

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Record number: 783518

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