Species ***Borrelia* *brasiliensis***

Name: Borrelia brasiliensis Davis 1952 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bra.si.li.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. brasiliensis, named after the specific epithet of the tick vector, Ornithodoros brasiliensis [probably better: brasilensis]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bor-RE-li-a bra-si-li-EN-sis, feminine

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 (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 = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 1 time 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 Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 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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Species Borrelia brasiliensis

Species ***Borrelia* *brasiliensis***