Species Borrelia brasiliensis
Name: Borrelia brasiliensis Davis 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: bra.si.li.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. brasiliensis, named after the specific epithet of the tick vector, Ornithodoros brasiliensis
Type strain: no culture available
Effective publication:
Davis GE. Observations on the biology of the argasid tick, Ornithodoros brasiliensis Aragao, 1923; with the recovery of a spirochete, Borrelia brasiliensis, n. sp. J Parasitol 1952; 38:473-476. 
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.".
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 full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
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According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.".
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.
Parent taxon: Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Davis GE. Observations on the biology of the argasid tick, Ornithodoros brasiliensis Aragao, 1923; with the recovery of a spirochete, Borrelia brasiliensis, n. sp. J Parasitol 1952; 38:473-476.
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Record number: 783519
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