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
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