Species Borrelia hermsii
Name: Borrelia hermsii (Davis 1942) Steinhaus 1946 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Spirochaeta hermsi" Davis 1942
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. hermsii, of hermsi, the specific epithet of the tick vector, Ornithodoros hermsi
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: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Spirochaeta hermsi" Davis 1942 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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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.
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Viable cultures are now available (i.e. CIP 104209 = DSM 4682) but no type strain has been designated.
Publication:
Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z".
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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: Steinhaus EA. Insect Microbiology. Comstock Publishing Co., Ithaca, New York, 1946.
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Record number: 774115