Species Borrelia hermsi

Classification:

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Spirochaetota Spirochaetia Spirochaetales Borreliaceae Borrelia Borrelia hermsi

Name: Borrelia hermsi (Davis 1942) Steinhaus 1946 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Spirochaeta hermsii" corrig. Davis 1942

Gender: feminine

Type strain: no culture available

Effective publication: Steinhaus EA. Insect Microbiology. Comstock Publishing Co., Ithaca, New York, 1946.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Borrelia hermsii corrig. (Davis 1942) Steinhaus 1946 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Spirochaeta hermsii" corrig. Davis 1942	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Borrelia nietonii Schwan et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Borrelia hermsii corrig. (Davis 1942) Steinhaus 1946 (Approved Lists 1980)	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
"Spirochaeta hermsi" Davis 1942	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Committee (2025), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Borrelia nietonii Schwan et al. 2024. Publication: Committee AH. Mitigating changes in prokaryotic nomenclature: Definitions and Workflow. Zenodo 2025; 2025:15320329.
- 😷 The taxon name shown here has no assigned risk group, but is the original uncorrected spelling of Borrelia hermsii corrig. (Davis 1942) Steinhaus 1946 (Approved Lists 1980), which has a risk group (Belgium) above 1. These are therefore two spellings of the same name that should be treated identically for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no assigned risk group, but is the original uncorrected spelling of Borrelia hermsii corrig. (Davis 1942) Steinhaus 1946 (Approved Lists 1980), which has a risk group (Canada) above 1. These are therefore two spellings of the same name that should be treated identically for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no assigned risk group, but is the original uncorrected spelling of Borrelia hermsii corrig. (Davis 1942) Steinhaus 1946 (Approved Lists 1980), which has a risk group (Swiss Confederation) above 1. These are therefore two spellings of the same name that should be treated identically for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no assigned risk group, but is the original uncorrected spelling of Borrelia hermsii corrig. (Davis 1942) Steinhaus 1946 (Approved Lists 1980), which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. These are therefore two spellings of the same name that should be treated identically for practical purposes.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2026-08-06.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Steinhaus EA. Insect Microbiology. Comstock Publishing Co., Ithaca, New York, 1946.

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Record number: 73145

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